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after talking to john burns at crufts i bought some of his foods....
after looking at his website when i got home i read this.....
ISN'T RAW FOOD BETTER THAN COOKED?
Raw food advocates claim that it is more “natural” for dogs and cats to eat raw food which is a reflection of their origins in the wild. Cats have to some extent remained independent and separate from humans. They are obligate meat eaters and they hunt, kill and eat prey. But this is not the case for dogs. Fourteen thousand years of close association with man have resulted in a creature very different from the wild animal. Dogs have been adapted to eating the same food as humans for many generations. Until fairly recently human nutrition was based on cooked whole cereal grains and this formed the basis of the diets I have formulated for pets.
It is sometimes claimed that cooked food has been damaged or “denatured” by cooking. Cooking is intended to denature food. When we consume protein, we do not want that protein to be assimilated into our system intact. If we eat chicken, we do not want to build our bodies with chicken protein; we want to build human protein. The purpose of the digestive system is to break down complex molecules to simple molecules which can be absorbed and utilised. Cooking begins that process and makes food more easily digested and absorbed. Denatured (cooked) protein is less likely to be recognised as a foreign protein which can cause an allergic reaction
what does everyone think?
personally i feed nature diet/menu pouches now (after trying homemade diets/dried diets and raw) because.....
it is natural and contains 60-70% meat plus veg and rice(i do think wholegrain rice in small amounts is ok after much research into the carb/no carb question)...
also bonemeal and seaweed etc...
it is cooked in the pouch to retain the nutrients too :thumbsup:
they also have james wellbeloved/burns down at all times
though its not a cheap or easiest option (i use 6 pouches a day at 63p each plus dried and treats :wacko: ) i do feel this works well for me and my dogs are very healthy on it :thumbsup:
after looking at his website when i got home i read this.....
ISN'T RAW FOOD BETTER THAN COOKED?
Raw food advocates claim that it is more “natural” for dogs and cats to eat raw food which is a reflection of their origins in the wild. Cats have to some extent remained independent and separate from humans. They are obligate meat eaters and they hunt, kill and eat prey. But this is not the case for dogs. Fourteen thousand years of close association with man have resulted in a creature very different from the wild animal. Dogs have been adapted to eating the same food as humans for many generations. Until fairly recently human nutrition was based on cooked whole cereal grains and this formed the basis of the diets I have formulated for pets.
It is sometimes claimed that cooked food has been damaged or “denatured” by cooking. Cooking is intended to denature food. When we consume protein, we do not want that protein to be assimilated into our system intact. If we eat chicken, we do not want to build our bodies with chicken protein; we want to build human protein. The purpose of the digestive system is to break down complex molecules to simple molecules which can be absorbed and utilised. Cooking begins that process and makes food more easily digested and absorbed. Denatured (cooked) protein is less likely to be recognised as a foreign protein which can cause an allergic reaction
what does everyone think?
personally i feed nature diet/menu pouches now (after trying homemade diets/dried diets and raw) because.....
it is natural and contains 60-70% meat plus veg and rice(i do think wholegrain rice in small amounts is ok after much research into the carb/no carb question)...
also bonemeal and seaweed etc...
it is cooked in the pouch to retain the nutrients too :thumbsup:
they also have james wellbeloved/burns down at all times
though its not a cheap or easiest option (i use 6 pouches a day at 63p each plus dried and treats :wacko: ) i do feel this works well for me and my dogs are very healthy on it :thumbsup: