What are the 3 Essential Features of a Good Pet Food
It’s a difficult decision, knowing what to feed your pet. As a veterinarian, people ask me about food all the time. In fact, it’s the most frequently asked question related to puppies, kittens, and of course, sick animals. However, no one seems to mention food much when their pet appears healthy or has no obvious […]
Veterinary Food Therapy: Choosing Ingredients for a Reason
There is a huge difference between veterinary food therapy and regular pet food. With regular pet food, everyone knows the most important ingredient on a pet food label is the first one listed. After all, the first ingredient makes up the bulk of the diet. But, have you ever thought about the rest of the ingredients? […]
Why Your Pet Needs You to Understand Food Energetics
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” – Hippocrates Food Energetics: Food as Medicine Yes, Food energetics is an Eastern Medicine philosophy. However, no one could be more exact about food and health than Hippocrates, the father of Western Medicine. Despite Western culture ignoring his wisdom for many years, his quote on […]
The Number One Secret to Having a Healthy Pet
So, you want to know the secret to having a healthy pet? Great! As a veterinarian, I give this piece of advice daily, and it keeps pets healthy. Before I reveal the secret to keeping your pet healthy, I want to tell you why the secret is so important. The secret’s importance lies in the fact that […]
Here’s How to Feed Pet Treats the Healthy Way
Pet treats are everywhere. Pretty packaging, cute dogs, vivacious graphics. Treat after treat, all lined up, and ready for you to purchase and feed to your best friend. You see it all at the pet food store. Another perfect example of marketing at its best, impacting all the decisions you make. With so many pet treat […]
The Yin Yang Symbol and Veterinary Food Therapy
Smack dab in the middle of the billboard sat a perfectly designed representation of the yin-yang symbol, more appropriately termed the Taijitu. I asked myself: “How many people driving up and down this road really know the true meaning of that symbol?” We see it all the time. But, what does the symbol signify? What […]