Throughout the world, governments are educating mothers on the importance of good nutrition for unborn and newborn children. Millions are spent on public health programs to let mothers know how important it is that they eat properly while pregnant. They’re told how strongly nutrition influences the health and personality of their unborn children. Then, millions more are spent to ensure that newborns and infants continue to have proper nutrition. Our investment in nutritional education pays off because we have healthier citizens when children have been properly nourished during the period that their brains and bodies were developing In fact, the benefit of good nutrition is greater during the period of growth and development than at any other time of life.
This same benefit applies to our pets. The nutrition that puppies and kittens receive in the uterus and through the first year of life has a profound influence of their health and behavior.
Among the health problems that have been recognized as benefiting from good early nutrition are:
· Allergies,
· Arthritis,
· Structural disorders such as cleft palate,
· Diabetes,
· Gastrointestinal disease,
· Heart disease,
· Infection,
· Learning delays and attention deficit disorders,
· Neural disorders, and
· Obesity.
To help your pet be as healthy as possible, don’t over feed, just feed properly. Use fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and meats and a pet food that is high in protein. Ensure the protein is either wild-caught fish or livestock raised without hormones and antibiotics. Choose food with no chemicals, dyes or preservatives. Your costs for food will be higher than if you buy grocery store brands, but you’ll save in vet bills throughout your pet’s life. And, if you are buying the truly premium foods, you wouldn’t have had a worry about the contaminated pet food that flooded the market.
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