RE: Any Vegetarians/Vegans here?
January 21, 2014 at 10:29 am
(This post was last modified: January 21, 2014 at 10:33 am by Aractus.)
(January 21, 2014 at 9:55 am)jg2014 Wrote: No I am not a vet, but trust me I am more qualified than a vet!Um, trust me no you aren't.
In fact the very statement you just made is akin to saying you're more qualified than a physician to provide me with medical advice.
Try reading please:
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/hea...egans.aspx
- Why Your Cat Can't Process Carbohydrates
Another indicator your cat is designed to eat meat and not carbohydrates is that her body doesn't produce the enzymes needed to digest carbs.
The only carbs cats in the wild eat are already digested by their prey. When a wild feline eats a prey animal, the stomach contents of the prey contain a certain amount of already digested carbohydrates.
Your cat's digestive system isn't designed to break down vegetables to release the nutrients they provide.
Omnivores and herbivores have slower digestion, but food passes quickly (within hours) through the GI tract of an obligate carnivore. That's why your kitty is built to eat relatively small amounts of highly digestible, energy packed food that provides optimal levels of vitamins, minerals and micronutrients. In other words, animal meat.
Veggies just don't fill the bill when it comes to feline nourishment.
- A two-year research project conducted at the Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition in Leicestershire, England indicates that healthy pet cats regulate their nutrient intake to mimic what they would eat in the wild.
The study demonstrated kitties have a daily calorie ‘intake target’ that is equal to 52 percent protein, 36 percent fat and 12 percent carbohydrate.
And FYI I already covered the scientific reasons why cats need to eat meat - and not just that but certain types of meat.
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The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke