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"Cunningham, DVM, SM, a Colorado State Veterinarian, replied, "Any animal euthanized with pentobarbital is not allowed into human or the pet food chain."17 Leroy Coffman, the state veterinarian for Florida was in agreement with Dr. Cunningham: "FDA regulation prohibits the use of any animal euthanized with sodium pentobarbital from being used in the human or animal food chain." - Ann N. Martin, Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food (Get the book.) "Halo, Purely for Pets is based in Palm Harbor, Florida, and prides itself in producing pet food that is of human-grade quality and made in USDA-approved kitchens. I have fed my animal companions Spot's Stew, and they were quite pleased. The only minor problem was that my cats found the green beans a little too large, which I quickly remedied by mashing them with a fork. Andi Brown, the owner of Halo, Purely for Pets, announced that the company has launched a new pureed formula for cats, which contains chicken and clams." - Ann N. Martin, Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food (Get the book.) "This company produces Canidae for dogs and Felidae for cats. The pet food contains only human-grade ingredients naturally preserved along with probiotics, digestive enzymes, herbs, antioxidants, amino acids, and amino acid chelated minerals. This food includes ten skin and coat conditioners with balanced omega-6 and omega-3 farty acids. The Felidae includes cranberries for a healthy urinary tract. This product does not contain corn, wheat, soy, grain, or other fillers." - Ann N. Martin, Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food (Get the book.) "In 1999, under new ownership, lams began updating its feeding guidelines for Eukanuba and lams dog foods. These guidelines suggested lowering the recommended amount of food to feed dogs each day. In their lawsuits, Nutro and Kal Kan, allege that this causes the dogs to lose weight in dangerous amounts. The suit claims that dogs fed according to lams' instructions won't receive sufficient nutrition. " - Ann N. Martin, Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food (Get the book.)

"It is not only used in brake and hydraulic fluids, paints and coatings, floor wax, pet food, tobacco products, and laundry detergents, but also in cosmetics, toothpastes, shampoos, deodorants, lotions, and processed foods. You will even find it in baby wipes. Check the labels, you will be amazed. This is why pets are getting more cancer than ever before. pet food companies are using it in pet food. This is why children are getting cancer at a higher rate than ever before. In addition to causing cancer, propylene glycol also causes dermatitis, kidney damage, and liver abnormalities." - Kevin Trudeau, More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease (Get the book.)

"Astaxanthin's benefits in dogs that some of the world's largest pet food manufacturers have begun to investigate Astaxanthin in self-funded studies. In fact, there is already a patent that has been issued to a large pet food manufacturer regarding the use of Astaxanthin in dogs. Soon, you'll probably be able to buy dog food with Astaxanthin already mixed in it; but you don't have to wait for a pet food company to do this for you—you can buy some gelcaps yourself and mix one in with your dog's food each day." - Bob Capelli, ASTAXANTHIN: Natural Astaxanthin, King of the Carotenoids (Get the book.)

"This is why pets are getting more cancer than ever before. pet food companies are using it in pet food. This is why children are getting cancer at a higher rate than ever before. In addition to causing cancer, propylene glycol also causes dermatitis, kidney damage, and liver abnormalities. It can cause skin rashes, dry skin, and skin damage. It is a major irritant to the skin. It also can cause nausea, headaches, vomiting, depression, and gastrointestinal disturbances. The other big problem with propylene glycol is that it doesn't leave your body." - Kevin Trudeau, More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease (Get the book.)

"Abnormal food-seeking behavior is characteristic of PWS and includes hoarding and foraging for food as well as eating items generally considered to be inedible such as garbage, pet food, or uncooked frozen food. Infants and children with PWS demonstrate a low metabolic rate and thus decreased energy needs. An intake as low as 1000 to 1200 kcal/day is often required to maintain a stable weight. Strict and consistent behavioral limits and the establishment of regular routines may be helpful behavioral management strategies for food intake and behavioral concerns for children with PWS [64]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Pet food companies are using it in pet food. This is why children are getting cancer at a higher rate than ever before. In addition to causing cancer, propylene glycol also causes dermatitis, kidney damage, and liver abnormalities. It can cause skin rashes, dry skin, and skin damage. It is a major irritant to the skin. It also can cause nausea, headaches, vomiting, depression, and gastrointestinal disturbances. The other big problem with propylene glycol is that it doesn't leave your body. It stays in the tissues and continues to build up, causing more and more damage down the road." - Kevin Trudeau, More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease (Get the book.)

"Ads for pet food emphasize nutritional value. Ads for human food emphasize taste thrills, convenience and even sex appeal. Veterinarians and farmers both know that animal health depends principally on diet and that animals will adapt to unnatural, cooked and chemicalized foods by fattening up, rapidly aging and developing disease symptoms. Pet owners, in contrast to farmers, want their animals to live long, healthy lives. Raw food diets for pets are becoming all the rage." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Europe was proactive about protecting human health from any possible risk from the BSE agent and prohibited these materials from entering the human food chain in 1989 and extended the ban to include mammalian and pet food chains in 1990. SRM from sheep and goats were banned in Europe in 2000. Meanwhile, as of 2006, the USDA has still not banned these materials from the human, mammalian, and/or pet food chains." - Linda Faillace, Mad Sheep: The True Story Behind the USDA's War on a Family Farm (Get the book.)

"In fact, there is already a patent that has been issued to a large pet food manufacturer regarding the use of Astaxanthin in dogs. Soon, you'll probably be able to buy dog food with Astaxanthin already mixed in it; but you don't have to wait for a pet food company to do this for you—you can buy some gelcaps yourself and mix one in with your dog's food each day. Any Animal Will Benefit from Natural Astaxanthin Mice and rats, fish and shrimp, and even dogs have demonstrated health benefits from Astaxanthin in the studies we've already cited." - Bob Capelli, ASTAXANTHIN: Natural Astaxanthin, King of the Carotenoids (Get the book.)

"A hundred-thousand-dollar toxicology study undertaken by Miralin demonstrated that rats eating MFC were healthier than those eating pet food. It had no ill effects, even at three thousand times ordinary human consumption. The reason for the ban remains contentious. Miraculin wasn't a food, ruled the FDA—it was a food additive. Additionally, it didn't qualify for GPvAS certification—Generally Recognized as Safe—a system established in 1958 for ensuring food safety." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"The El Cajon pet food store raid In 1990, FDA agents raided the pet food store of Sissy Harrington-McGill, a 57-year-old pet lover who was guilty of the "crime" of claiming that vitamins would help keep pets healthy. Without a search warrant, FDA agents ransacked her store, confiscating products and literature. She was later tried and convicted of violating the Health Claims Law, a law that did not exist at the time of the raid and was never passed by the U.S. Congress." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"More and more people are putting their beloved dogs and cats on raw meat instead of the more convenient canned, bagged or boxed pet food that has been heated and processed for extended shelf life. Yet few people apply this concern to their own feeding dishes or stop to even consider that just such a diet of uncooked food may also be far healthier for them. Finally, and perhaps most challenging of all, some of us do not want to relinquish our favorite toxic, cooked foods and switch to health-enhancing diets." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Flavor companies are huge plants comprised of a small and elite group of skilled scientists ("food technologists" or "flavorists") who work in labs to find the right chemical balance in test tubes to give you the flavor of those french fries, and even the flavor in toothpastes, ice cream, breakfast cereals, chips, pet food, cookies, mouthwashes, antacids, soft drinks, sports drinks, bottled teas, wine coolers, all-natural juice drinks, organic soy drinks, beers, and malt liquors. These same plants manufacture the smells found in fine perfumes, as well as household products (e.g." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"We'll look at that a little bit later, but here's a hint: pet food is actually more nutritionally balanced than human food. And there is a very good reason why, which will be discussed in detail later on. If you feed your pets lots of white rice for example, you will end up giving them diabetes. In fact, if you're asking a veterinarian who has been practicing for twenty or thirty years, they will tell you that they have recently seen a skyrocketing increase in the number of cases of diabetes in dogs." - Mike Adams, The Seven Laws of Nutrition (Get the book.)

"The top three were bringing food into the area, bringing a stroller into the area and picking stuff like pet food off the ground. We also saw that 28% of the people who exited the petting area did not wash their hands." THE THIRD STUDY Researchers from the Tennessee Department of Health and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) also looked at how people behave in petting zoos." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.) "It also can be found in cosmetics, deodorants, soap and pet food. •Fragrance mix, a group of the eight most common fragrance allergens that are found in foods, cosmetic products, insecticides, antiseptics, soaps, perfumes and dental products. •Formaldehyde, a preservative that is used in paints, medications, fabric finishes, paper products, household cleaners and cosmetics. •Cobalt chloride, a metal that is found in medical products, hair dye, antiperspirant and metal-plated objects, such as snaps, buttons and tools. Also found in cobalt blue pigment. •Bacitracin, a topical antibiotic." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"Making your own pet food is preferable to buying commercial pet foods. However, if you don't want to cook for your pet, be sure that what you buy does not contain food coloring, slaughterhouse by-products, preservatives, sugar or sweeteners, or artificial flavorings. Avoid generic pet food. Once you've taken away the cost for marketing and distribution of generic food, there's very little money left for good nutrition and protein. Housebreaking Can anything loom more darkly than the prospect of housebreaking a pet? Probably not, but the process does not have to be a long and difficult one." - Linda Mason Hunter, The Healthy Home: An Attic-to-Basement Guide to Toxin-Free Living (Get the book.)

"Azmira pet food www.Azmira.com online and health stores 800-497-5665 Baseline of Health Foundation (Baseline www.BaselineNutritionals.com online or by phone 800-695-5995 Nutritionals) Berry Green www.NewChapter.info online and health stores 800-681-7099 Bioastin www.Nutrex-Hawaii.com online or by phone 800-453-1187 Bowflex Revolution by Nautilus www. BowflexRevolution. com online or by phone 800-649-1768 Catalyst Altered Trace Minerals www.BaselineNutritionals.com online or by phone 800-695-5995 Celtic Sea Salt www.CelticSeaSalt." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.) "Planned, organized, and took part in armed "SWAT-style" raids on vitamin shops, pet food stores, and even a church. Knowingly approved harmful food additives for widespread use in the food supply (such as aspartame, which has a rather dubious history and has been proven toxic in several studies), even when its own safety experts recommended denying approval. Allowed the continued legal use of harmful, cancer-causing food additives in the national food supply such as sodium nitrite (which causes cancer and yet is intentionally added to nearly all processed meats)." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Also, outdated pet food can be used in ruminant (cow, sheep and goat) feed. Retail dry pet food frequently contains ruminant meat and bone meal. Out-of-date dry cat and dog food is sometimes sold as salvage and ends up in cattle feed. My own comments on the feeding of chicken litter to cattle, which are posted at http://www.madcownews.org, are as follows: This is fascinating news for several reasons, not the least of which is the fact that chicken litter is being fed to cattle in the U.S. and, therefore, cows are ingesting highly toxic arsenic that's contained in the chicken litter." - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.)

"Meanwhile, as of 2006, the USDA has still not banned these materials from the human, mammalian, and/or pet food chains. Judge Murtha also referred to the Geographical BSE Risk Assessment of Belgium and the fact that "until 1994 the BSE/Cattle system was extremely unstable because rendering practices would have allowed BSE infectivity to survive and the feeding of MBM to cattle would have amplified infectivity." This situation improved slightly with the introduction of the feed ban in 1994." - Linda Faillace, Mad Sheep: The True Story Behind the USDA's War on a Family Farm (Get the book.)

"If you're going to make pet food at home," says Dr. Donoghue, "be prepared to learn some nutrition and how to balance diets and calculate amounts of nutrients." They don't need supplements. For your average house pet, quality dry and canned foods have adequate amounts of vitamins and minerals, Dr. Donoghue says. They don't need "special" diets. Your typical pet will do nicely on typical pet food. "There are a lot of marketing gimmicks in the pet food industry that aren't necessarily in the best interest of the dog," says Dr. Donoghue." - Debora Tkac, Kim Anderson, Everyday Health Tips: 2000 Practical Hints for Better Health and Happiness (Get the book.)

"To name only a few: bird flu, the threat of a worldwide influenza pandemic, obesity, dis-eases like drug-resistant tuberculosis that are flown across national borders in just hours into a susceptible populace, mad cow disease, e-coli infections of green-leaf crops, serious dis-eases carried in processed meat (causing major recalls), carcasses of pets (euthanized because of dis-ease) recycled into pet food, uncertainties about irradiated food, cloned (bioengineered) plants and animals, gene mixing from one species to another, and on and on." - Tom Woloshyn, The Complete Master Cleanse: A Step-by-Step Guide to Maximizing the Benefits of The Lemonade Diet (Get the book.)

"Soon, you'll probably be able to buy dog food with Astaxanthin already mixed in it; but you don't have to wait for a pet food company to do this for you—you can buy some gelcaps yourself and mix one in with your dog's food each day. Any Animal Will Benefit from Natural Astaxanthin Mice and rats, fish and shrimp, and even dogs have demonstrated health benefits from Astaxanthin in the studies we've already cited." - Bob Capelli, ASTAXANTHIN: Natural Astaxanthin, King of the Carotenoids (Get the book.)

"Indeed, the Grocery Manufacturers of America, the National Food Processors Association, and the pet food Institute successfully lobbied against any new labeling requirement for pet foods. These industry groups rightly worried that the FDA's proposed warning label -"Do not feed to ruminants" - might alarm consumers about what their pets were actually being fed. Think about that section, too, next time you're purchasing bagged food for Fido. Chances are, Fido is chewing on ruminant cow parts." - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.)

"Pet Promise helps to green your pet food, too. In keeping with its original purpose to help preserve family farms and rural communities, Pet Promise only obtains its meat from U.S. farmers and ranchers who are committed to eco-friendly, natural, and sustainable practices and who practice the humane treatment of animals." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

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