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The pet food recalls continue.
FDA Alert: Certain Lots of Pet Food from Multiple
Brands Recalled for Aflatoxin. From the FDA website:
specific pet food products manufactured by Sunshine Mills under several
brand names, may contain unsafe levels of aflatoxin. Aflatoxin is produced
by the Aspergillus flavus mold, which can grow on corn and other grains. At
high levels, aflatoxin can cause illness and death in pets. Symptoms may
include sluggishness, loss of appetite, vomiting, jaundice (yellowish tint
to the eyes or gums due to liver damage), and/or diarrhea. In severe cases,
this toxicity can be fatal. In some cases, pets may suffer liver damage but
not show any symptoms. Brands include, Family Pet Meaty Cuts®, Heartland
Farms®, Champ®, Field Trial®, Good Dog, Hunter’s Special®, Old Glory®, Paws
Happy Life®, Pet Expert, Principle, Retriever®, River Bend, Sportsman’s
Pride®, Sprout®, Thrifty®, Top Runner® or Whiskers & Tails. For a complete
list, with Lot Numbers, go to the FDA web page:
Sunshine Mills, Inc. Expands Previously Announced
Voluntary Recall of Certain Pet Food Products Due to Potentially Elevated
Levels of Aflatoxin.
Want to avoid all these recalls? The best "wholistic"
suggestion to prevent
danger to your pet is -- STOP feeding dry kibble pet food. In our
"wholistic" opinion, dry kibble pet food containing grains is the least nutritious form of
food to feed a carnivore. It is nutritionally equivalent to feeding
meat-flavored cookies to your child. Furthermore, a majority of all pet food recalls is
with dry food. Canned food, freeze-dried food and raw food have a much lower
percentage of recalls. For the latest recalls, go to:
In our previous newsletter, Nature's
Vitamin Chest 101, we stated why we have branded our whole,
superfood, bio-algae
concentrates products (BioSuperfood
for people and
BioPreparation for pets) Nature's Vitamin Chest in
a capsule. Research shows that absorption and utilization of nutrients
from laboratory-made, isolated supplements (such
as a Vitamin C pill or fish
oil capsule) is only 15-25%. On the other hand, absorption and
utilization of nutrients from whole
food products (like oranges, salmon and algae) is 90-95%. In
these uncertain economic times, it literally pays to
eliminate inefficient and ineffective supplements. In Nature's
Vitamin Chest 101, we suggest first looking at the
multivitamins and general overall isolated supplements taken (or given
to your pet) for no one specific symptom or reason. Once these have been
evaluated, the second step is to evaluate the isolated supplements taken
for specific symptoms, such as Product A for
arthritis, Product D for digestive
issues, Product I for the immune system,
etc. From our holistic perspective, many of these symptoms occur because
we eat (or give our pets) a poor
nutritional diet.
If you eat processed foods, white sugar,
white flour, diet soda pop, use artificial sweeteners,
GMO ingredients (wheat, corn and soy), there is a very good
chance you are nutrient deficient. If the meat you eat (or give your pet) comes from a regular grocery store
and is raised in CAFO's (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations), rather
than pasture-raised and fed organically, there is a very good chance you
are nutrient deficient. If
the
seafood you eat (or feed your pet) is farm-raised, there is a very good
chance you are nutrient deficient. If the produce you eat is grown on a
factory farm, using synthetic fertilizers, grown from
GMO seeds and sprayed with Roundup weed killer, chances are you are
not only nutrient deficient but your gut is not efficiently absorbing
all its vital nutrients (from food and supplements) adequately. Uncover
our holistic research into the modern-day nutrient-deficient diet in the
follwing articles:
With over 5,000 individual
nutrients (including over 4,000
live enzymes) and 90-95% absorption and utilization of
nutrients, BioSuperfood
for people and
BioPreparation for pets may help compensate for this
nutrient-deficient diet. To determine which ones are not serving you or
your pet, start
with the cheapest ones, ones your friend recommended, ones you bought on
BOGO sale but show no benefits yet, ones you skipped or temporarily run
out of and not notice any difference... your choice. Try decreasing your
or your pet's daily amount of a single product by 25% for 1-2 weeks. If
you do not notice any difference, then decrease by another 25% the
second 1-2 weeks. Keep decreasing until you have eliminated it
altogether. How do you or your pet feel after 1-2 months? Notice any
difference in your or your pet's symptoms, energy level, digestion,
flexibility,
memory, alertness, sleep habits, ability to handle stress, etc.?
Some of our clients have been able to save money and simplify their life
by eliminating inefficient and not needed isolated supplements. How do
we know this works? Here are some anecdotal examples:
The final step is to increase our whole
superfood products up to an advanced level,
according to your body weight and health conditions.
Our general
guidelines are to work up to one capsule per 20 pounds (9 kg) of
body weight, up to about 60 pounds (27 kg), for health maintenance. Over
60 pounds (27 kg), we suggest one additional capsule per 30 pounds (13.6
kg) of additional body weight for maintenance. One can use less for
sensitive bodies, those with previous digestive, high blood pressure,
heart, kidney or liver issues and those that already eat a fairly good
diet (no diet pop, artificial sweeteners, fried foods, fast foods,
fattening desserts every day, etc.). One can use more for a body with
symptoms, active infections, acute injuries, recent surgery or any
degenerative disease. One can increase the maintenance amount by
1.5-2.0, times as needed and tolerated by the body, for advanced
purposes.
For example, for an average 120-150 pound body we would suggest working
up to 5-6 capsules/day for general nutritional maintenance and minor
symptoms of imbalance and up to 7-12 capsules/day for advanced benefits
and any degenerative conditions. Remember, one is not increasing
supplements of pills/capsules but increasing their intake of superfood
(like oranges, salmon, algae, bee pollen, etc.). Many of our clients
have been able to
save money and simplify their life by eliminating inefficient
and not needed isolated supplements. Discover these great testimonials.
Our NEW redesigned website
will launch soon. More user-friendly, easier navigation menus, holistic
blog, more efficient shopping cart and many more state-of-the-art web
site features:
When you order for the first
time, you will be asked to [Register/Login] to create an account.
Once your personal information is entered, our shopping cart will
remember your data for future sales and all you have to do is Login.
If you already know what
product(s) you want, there will be a [Shop-Product] button on the
home page for all our major products.
The people and pet product
lines will be segregated out for faster product information and easier
buying.
All our nutritional articles
will be published in our holistic blog section for easy reference and
keyword searches.
Our home page will have a
powerful [Search for Health Conditions or Products] box for
locating holistic solutions quickly.
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