Review: The 5 Secrets Dog Food Manufacturers are Hiding is True, but...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 1, 2014
I know the author will not be happy with my review but as a dog health coach I must say a few things. First I absolutely must applaud his 5 secrets dog food manufacturers are hiding and I give him 5 stars for bringing that up. It's true but there is more. It's called the vitamin premix which is manufactured with carcinogenic, made made vitamin concoctions and sometimes lovely things like melamine which was added to raise the protein content of the food and was the cause of the dog deaths in 2007. The premix is produced in countries such as India and China where there are even less rules than we have in the US and it's CHEAP saving the almighty dollar and allowing the food to pass AAFCO standards. (And no I do not understand either how something used to make counter tops and plastic dishes can be considered a protein.)My disagreement and where my rating gets lowered is over recipes. Although anything is better than 98% of the commercial fare out there, dogs do not NEED carbohydrates period.They need a combination of muscle meat, organ meat, bone and healthy fat. Dogs convert fat into energy and not carbs like we do. Please keep in mind two things. (1) Vets do not take nutrition classes and (2) It's not the high protein that causes kidney problems it's the lack of calcium to make the body able to use the phosphorus in the meat. While we are much alike in many ways, dogs have a much shorter digestive tract with a much higher hydrochloric acid content (which is why they can eat raw without getting sick) and the shorter digestive tract makes it much harder to completely digest complex carbohydrates as well.I help people to deal with the results of commercial dog foods daily. I see diabetes brought on by the abundance of carbohydrates, trying to heal organs near failure, IBD and IBS just to name a few.If you like the recipes in this book, which were obviously made with a deep love and affection for his dogs, just cut out the flour, sugar, spices and anything with corn (yup even cornstarch) and be sure to add a good calcium supplement.