Sally,

Thank you so much for sharing this important information. People need to
hear that diet is the number one cause of most health problems. When you
change the diet, amazing things happen. Home cooking can be time consuming
and a little bothersome at times, but if you make the changes slowly and
just make it part of your routine, it does get easier with time. Remember
not to beat yourself up if you give dry food every now and again.






At 09:43 AM 7/3/03 -0400, you wrote:
>I had the same problem but with one of my cats. He was overweight (actually
>all of our animals were) and was having severe health issues - urethra
>blockages, etc. The vet was surprised because we fed him very high quality
>cat food (all of our animals ate excellent quality food with absolutely no
>by-products, fillers, etc.) and only gave the animals filtered water, etc.
>Basically, we were doing all the right things. Why then were my animals
>putting on the pounds and developing major health issues?
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>I decided to start back at the beginning and started making my own food for
>the cats. I had been making food for my dog for awhile because she could not
>tolerate food that was processed. But she was having health issues even with
>her homemade diet (cooked meats, grains and vegetables). After doing
>extensive research and reading, I switched all of them to a raw meat diet.
>This consists of raw ground turkey meat (the favorite for all three) with
>cooked buckwheat (buckwheat is not a grain) and fresh grown sprouts. I mix
>this up once a week for all the animals and then freeze the portions. I mix
>up some supplements and sprinkle them over the meat mix. I have been
>including digestive enzymes, lethicin, brewer's yeast, and bone meal. I
>can't remember if there is anything else I use in the powder. My animals are
>really thriving and the health issues that were becoming so predominant have
>virtually disappeared. My animals are actually eating less because they are
>able to absorb more nutrients from the natural diet. They are now well
>within their normal weight which I am happy about because I really saw some
>health issues forming because of the excess weight.
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>This transformation was so inspiring to me, that my husband and I have
>started eating raw foods (not meat though) and have realized the same
>results. All of my health symptoms have disappeared, and I feel younger and
>more vibrant than ever. I have lost weight, eat less naturally, and have the
>same level of energy I had when I was a small child.
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>It has really shown me first hand how important it is to eat the right
>foods. Just like people, I don't think animals do very well on processed
>food, regardless of the quality of ingredients.
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>Sally
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