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What Should Carnivores Eat?
Proper nutrition is vital to good health. In nature, it is live foods that truly nourish both people and animals. If your animals
are to thrive, they need the live enzymes, phytochemicals, antioxidants, and unadulterated amino acids, vitamins and
minerals that only raw food can provide. While commercial pet foods are convenient, most contain sub-standard or
condemned meats. And because they are also highly processed at extreme temperatures, they are devoid of many of the
building blocks of good health, and often full of questionable preservatives. So, commercial pet foods may sustain life, but
unlike raw diets, they do not contain the life-enhancing nutrition that promotes health.
Cats and Dogs Are Carnivores
Cats and dogs are carnivores, or meat-eaters. Yet ALL dry commercial pet foods are at least 60% (or more) grain
because the carbohydrates are needed to hold the food together. But as The Merck Veterinary Manual (8th ed., pg. 1628)
tells us, dogs and cats have "no dietary requirement for carbohydrate." Does it make sense to feed our carnivores a diet
that contains at least 60% of a substance they don't even need? Additionally, carbohydrates are metabolized by the body
to glucose (sugar) which is known to feed cancers, diabetes and many other disorders that now plague our companion
animals. If grains and vegetables were a primary nutrient source, you'd see cats and dogs stalking ears of corn and heads
of wheat.
Raw diets simulate the menu that nature intended carnivores to eat. When a carnivore eats an herbivore like a rabbit, the
carnivore eats some meat, some bone, some organ meats (liver, heart, kidney, etc.), and some green vegetation
contained in the herbivore's digestive tract. That's nature's perfect meal - the meal that raw diets replicate.
Are Raw Diets Safe?
Dogs and cats are NOT humans. They have a very different digestive tract and process. For example, we can eat all the
onion we want without harm, but some dogs can get anemic from a single, small portion of them. We can eat a pound of
baker's chocolate and merely get fat or nauseous, while dogs can die from even a lesser amount. We can get very sick
from raw meat, while dogs thrive on it as their natural diet. Again, they are NOT human.
Compared to us, dogs and cats have a very short digestive system, which means that foods are processed quickly --
before harmful bacteria have a chance to multiply and cause problems. Also, carnivores have a very high level of acidity in
their digestive systems. This high acidity, which allows them to break down the nutrients in raw meats and bones, is also
hostile to bacteria. We've all seen dogs eat true garbage (rotten foods, decaying squirrel carcasses, etc.) without any ill
effects. Nature did not evolve carnivores to eat a diet that would kill them. And remember, we aren't suggesting you feed
spoiled, contaminate foods. A raw food diet consists of good quality, USDA-inspected and approved meats and bones -
the ingredients used by Bravo.
Protect the Health of Your Animals with the Diet Designed by Nature
A high-quality, raw food diet can provide the nutrients that will help insure that your animals lead a long and healthy life.
Some animals with existing health problems, when switched to a raw food diet, may experience an improvement in their
conditions. Healthy animals on a raw diet are likely to avoid some of the illnesses that are now becoming common in our
companion animals. Lifetime picky eaters, when given the diet designed by nature, may suddenly turn into chow hounds.
Raw diets for almost every animal significantly reduce, or even eliminate the need for veterinary dental work. While you
are spared the cost of that dental work, your animal will not be subject to the risks of the associated anesthesia.
Let Bravo provide you and your animals with the benefits of raw food diets in a convenient and affordable form.
Proper nutrition is vital to good health. In nature, it is live foods that truly nourish both people and animals. If your animals
are to thrive, they need the live enzymes, phytochemicals, antioxidants, and unadulterated amino acids, vitamins and
minerals that only raw food can provide. While commercial pet foods are convenient, most contain sub-standard or
condemned meats. And because they are also highly processed at extreme temperatures, they are devoid of many of the
building blocks of good health, and often full of questionable preservatives. So, commercial pet foods may sustain life, but
unlike raw diets, they do not contain the life-enhancing nutrition that promotes health.
Cats and Dogs Are Carnivores
Cats and dogs are carnivores, or meat-eaters. Yet ALL dry commercial pet foods are at least 60% (or more) grain
because the carbohydrates are needed to hold the food together. But as The Merck Veterinary Manual (8th ed., pg. 1628)
tells us, dogs and cats have "no dietary requirement for carbohydrate." Does it make sense to feed our carnivores a diet
that contains at least 60% of a substance they don't even need? Additionally, carbohydrates are metabolized by the body
to glucose (sugar) which is known to feed cancers, diabetes and many other disorders that now plague our companion
animals. If grains and vegetables were a primary nutrient source, you'd see cats and dogs stalking ears of corn and heads
of wheat.
Raw diets simulate the menu that nature intended carnivores to eat. When a carnivore eats an herbivore like a rabbit, the
carnivore eats some meat, some bone, some organ meats (liver, heart, kidney, etc.), and some green vegetation
contained in the herbivore's digestive tract. That's nature's perfect meal - the meal that raw diets replicate.
Are Raw Diets Safe?
Dogs and cats are NOT humans. They have a very different digestive tract and process. For example, we can eat all the
onion we want without harm, but some dogs can get anemic from a single, small portion of them. We can eat a pound of
baker's chocolate and merely get fat or nauseous, while dogs can die from even a lesser amount. We can get very sick
from raw meat, while dogs thrive on it as their natural diet. Again, they are NOT human.
Compared to us, dogs and cats have a very short digestive system, which means that foods are processed quickly --
before harmful bacteria have a chance to multiply and cause problems. Also, carnivores have a very high level of acidity in
their digestive systems. This high acidity, which allows them to break down the nutrients in raw meats and bones, is also
hostile to bacteria. We've all seen dogs eat true garbage (rotten foods, decaying squirrel carcasses, etc.) without any ill
effects. Nature did not evolve carnivores to eat a diet that would kill them. And remember, we aren't suggesting you feed
spoiled, contaminate foods. A raw food diet consists of good quality, USDA-inspected and approved meats and bones -
the ingredients used by Bravo.
Protect the Health of Your Animals with the Diet Designed by Nature
A high-quality, raw food diet can provide the nutrients that will help insure that your animals lead a long and healthy life.
Some animals with existing health problems, when switched to a raw food diet, may experience an improvement in their
conditions. Healthy animals on a raw diet are likely to avoid some of the illnesses that are now becoming common in our
companion animals. Lifetime picky eaters, when given the diet designed by nature, may suddenly turn into chow hounds.
Raw diets for almost every animal significantly reduce, or even eliminate the need for veterinary dental work. While you
are spared the cost of that dental work, your animal will not be subject to the risks of the associated anesthesia.
Let Bravo provide you and your animals with the benefits of raw food diets in a convenient and affordable form.
Bravo! Ground Elk with Bone, Heart, Liver, Kidney
Plant Enzymes and Probiotics
Bravo! Ground Venison (boneless)
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