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Make Your Own Organic Pet Food

  • Article Author: Emma James
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Make Your Own Organic Pet Food

Pets Food

The benefits of eating organic for humans has been big news for years and growing in popularity. Well, so has the organic pet food business. In fact organic pet food sales have been growing at a faster rate than that of other food sales. 2010 will likely see organic pet food sales breaking the $100million mark. Of course we all want the best for our pets and making the world a better place at the same time is a great side benefit. One problem is that buying organic pet food from the store can easily twice as expensive as buying regular pet food and still it is far from the diet that our animals are built to consume and deserve. Dogs and cats digestive systems are designed for a raw food diet. So what better way to do the best for them than to make your own organic pet food at home? There are dozens of suggestions for recipes for homemade organic cat and dog food on the Internet, how you choose to do it is up to you but let's take a look at what you should and shouldn't include. Of course it goes without saying that all ingredients should be organic and free from chemical fertilizers, preservatives and additives. Some recipes may encourage using supplements, however that can begin to take you down the wrong path. Ensuring your pet gets a well rounded diet of organic meats, grains and vegetables should be enough to give them all the vitamins and nutrients they need. Do include: Chicken Beef Lamb Meat organs - these are often cheaper and are full of nutrients and vitamins Fish including Salmon Carrots Barley Peas Oats Brown Rice Kelp Don't include: Chocolate Raisins Garlic Grapes Egg shells

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