Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: aaron myracle
My standard response to "corn is full of awesome things!" is usually, "Really? Does it have taurine?"
EXACTLY. The groundbreaking Pottenger cat experiment just highlights with a million-watt light how smugly we humans think we can outdo nature with our "scientifically formulated" commercial foods .... until, with regularity, nature decides to reveal to us yet another nutritional requirement that was there in the animal's natural diet all along (and had even been "discovered" in the 1800s) but that we never allowed for, provided, thought of, imagined its crucial role .....
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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" ... the gal asked if we had any questions. The lead tech had the guts to ask how we are supposed to warrant selling CORN as a diet plan for a cat. The gal's response was great. ...High quality corn has some amazing amino acids that are hard to find in pure protein sources... "
I have had the same vet for a very long time, and I am generally happy with her. One day many years ago, I was at the gym, on the treadmill, which faced out the big front windows. I saw my vet going into the adjacent pet supplies store. A short time later, she came out with a big bag of Purina Dog Chow slung over her shoulder. From that moment on, I have refused to take any of her nutritional advice seriously. Her advice is primarily that anything you feed your dog has to have the AAFCO seal of approval on the bag (AAFCO being, of course an agency of the pet food industry, by the pet food industry and for the pet food industry.) They also push Hill's Science Diet at their clinic for dogs with special needs.
And I know nothing about the "quality" of the protein in corn, but even for humans, isn't it considered an incomplete protein in that it does not contain all the essential amino acids?
I know a Veterinarian with a 10 year old Lab. The dog is the illustration of classic pickle shape. This is his 2nd Lab (from the same breeder) to have cancer. He feeds Fit and Trim. I would assume the vets trying to save the dog from cancer would have talked nutrition with him, but he says he sees no need to change her diet.
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