More and more human, animal, and bird doctors are realizing that health is intimately connected to nutrition and diet. The ingredients and the form of the foods eaten play an important role in its healing and healthful effects. These non-nutritional extras have been associated with many types of health problems, causing a variety of degenerative diseases, negatively affecting the immune system, and they do nothing to contribute to good health. You may want to check your feed product labels for these additives. Enzymes aid in the digestion and absorption of foods and are helpful in a number of other metabolic processes.
Foods are healthiest as close to nature and as unprocessed as possible.
Serving our birds wholesome foods is not much different from feeding ourselves a healthy diet. The chief contributions that fruits provide are beta carotene, vitamin C and some minerals. Vegetables offer our birds nearly all of the vitamins and minerals required for good health and can supply significant protein, with little, to no, fat. If you feed fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains, nuts, seeds and sprouts on a regular basis, your bird is receiving all the amino acids necessary for a healthy body. Most vegetables contain some of the essential amino acids with many containing them all.