Interesting Article on Cat Food

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"52 percent protein, 36 percent fat and 12 percent carbohydrate"

So it is okay then to feed Simba the Hill's dry food m/d with 15 % carbs. :-D
 
Ann & Scatcats said:
So it is okay then to feed Simba the Hill's dry food m/d with 15 % carbs. :-D
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In my strong opinion, it is not ok to feed any cat a water-depleted diet.

I think that ever cat owner needs to stare at Opie's pictures on the Urinary Tract Health page at catinfo.org.

Humans need to stop focusing *only* on food composition. (composition = caloric distribution of protein/fat/carbs in terms of percentage) and remember that the water content of the diet is critical for overall health - especially of the urinary tract.
 
The article says in Bright Red bold letters - Research Proves It: Cats and Carbs Don’t Mix!
Even Vet recommended dry food was ranked number 9 out of 13 - going from 1 Best to 13 Worst.
I mix canned ff/friskies/merrick from Binkey's list with home poach chicken thighs/breast; trout/tillapia/salmon.
Admittedly Maisey only has the Diabetes, and was only on the insulin for a month. But all 3 of my cats are doing better and looking and acting better - sometimes even kittenish and they are all 12 years old.
Maisey's numbers are now consistently in the 50's. For the mid-day serving I freeze mix in cupcake tin with additional water and keep them in tupperware to get out in the morning after last morning feed.
 
Ann & Scatcats said:
"52 percent protein, 36 percent fat and 12 percent carbohydrate"

So it is okay then to feed Simba the Hill's dry food m/d with 15 % carbs. :-D
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Simba is diabetic. He needs lower than normal carbs for a cat because of this, just like human diabetics need lower than normal carbs and sugar. So he needs *less* than 12% carbs, and the Hills dry food has *more* carbs than that.

But diabetes isn't the only health problem caused by dry food...UTIs, Kidney Disease, Pancreatitis and IBD are all chronic problems with cats fed dry diets. If you read the article the whole way through, they are advocating diets closer to a cat's natural diet, i.e. food *not* made from plant-based proteins.

Bandit became obese on a dry diet. When I took him to the vet to get him on a weight loss plan, the vet put him on dry Hills w/d, which is 37% carbs. He ate that food for almost a year. That made him lose weight all right, but it also caused inflammation in his pancreas, liver, and bowels. He was an extremely sick cat. He barely moved, even once the inflammation was under control. He went from being obese to a normal weight but he had no muscle or energy. This is when I started doing research on feline nutrition, and I switched him to a lower-carb dry food and a mostly wet diet. When he was diagnosed with diabetes, which I am sure was because of the damage done to his pancreas by the w/d, I ditched the dry food completely. He's now healthier than he has ever been in his life. His coat is beautiful, he's at a healthy weight (you should see his muscles!), and he has more energy than he had since he was a kitten.
 
Yea called Mjau here but in 2008 when we tried it, Gustav turned blue and got 180 i blood pressure from it and Simba started to boycott it, then shortly after a independent study over the available cat foods came out, showing all the flaws Bozita has. So the boys weren't faking it.
 
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