Pet Food Ingredients - Names - m/d, n/d , Weight Loss, Cancer(chemo)

m/d- Weight Loss Low Carbohydrate

Ingredients - 

Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Pork Fat, Brewers Rice, Wheat Gluten, Powdered Cellulose, Pork Protein Isolate, L-Lysine, Chicken Liver Flavor, Lactic Acid, Whole Grain Corn, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Iodized Salt, Calcium Carbonate, vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Taurine, DL-Methionine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), L-Carnitine, L-Arginine, Mixed Tocopherols for freshness, Phosphoric Acid, Beta Carotene, Natural Flavors.

How it is stated to help - 

• Clinically proven low carbohydrate, high protein nutrition helps your cat burn fat and maintain lean muscle
• Clinically proven weight control plus glucose management
• High level of taurine to help maintain normal levels of insulin
• High level of arginine to support insulin secretion
• Added antioxidants to control cell oxidation and promote a healthy immune system

Really? 

Why do you think these animals are fat in the first place?

Have you ever seen a fat panther? 

Yes house cats lead a much more sedentary life. 
They no longer have to hunt for their food. 

They hunt stuffed mousies and chase balls. 

There are so many pet food brands out there that have products dedicated to over weight animals. 

Those same brands could be the ones generally causing the weight gain with their carbohydrate loaded, unhealthy fat harboring foods!

Again it's like selling a salad at a Fast Food Joint. 

Except these 'salads' are the ones filled with rice and a big ole cob of corn.

A burrito salad? 

From Taco Bell?. 

But the wrap is flavoured and coloured. 

And then its all crunched up and mixed together.. Heated.. Then extruded into fun shapes. 

Burrito puffs! 

If I start seeing Mexican themed pet food, I am going to know where you got that idea.

Their first bullet -
Clinically proven low carbohydrate, high protein nutrition helps your cat burn fat and maintain lean muscle

• I am sure that high protein and low carb foods are clinically proven to help your cat burn fat and maintain lean muscle. 

I just have a hard time believing this food could be considered as a high protein and low carb food. 

• If corn had not been split into 'gluten meal & whole grain' would it still be second on the list? Or could it possibly get bumped up into first place?

How can a food with -
Corn Gluten Meal,  Brewers Rice, Wheat Gluten, & Whole Grain Corn
Be considered low carb? 

That is a lot of carbs!

How can a food with -
Chicken By-Product Meal, Pork Fat, Pork Protein Isolate, & Chicken Liver Flavor
Be considered high protein?
 

Maybe it is - but is it a good high protein?

• Chicken By-Product is 4-D

• Pork Fat is Lard

Of course I had to go on a search for the meaning of-
Pork Protein Isolate.

Go ahead... type it in google. 

Get This?
Yippy - the only listing is in Ramen noodles.

This was a rather confusing search. I kept reading about the wonderful protein available from a protein isolate. 

• We are talking like 90%

Well that is fantastic! 

Except - after being led down a dark hallway.. under the stairs and into an old box of files ( metaphorically speaking )

• I found that using a protein isolate is not a healthy way to get protein. 

• We need a balance - you have to get the fat intake you would get from eating actual meat. 

• Also - chances are that during the process of creating this isolate - MSG can also be created.

• The heating process also basically  kills off the nutrients of the protein as well. Even in the types that say - low heat - it can still kill off some of the nutrients, leaving it useless or semi useless powder. 

Chicken Liver Flavor can not be truly considered- by most humans with a brain - as a source of protein.


Okay this is just getting long and annoying  - lets check the calories 

m/d - 490 a cup 
Directions for a 10 lb cat for weight loss - 3/8 cup or 1/2 cup for weight control 

Wellness Core Indoor  - 391 a cup
7-10 lb - 1/2 cup to 2/3 cup 
No direction for weight loss because this is not a weight loss food - it's simply a food. 

Natures Variety Instinct- Chicken

I had fun with this one - I tried to match how much a cat could have to weigh to match the calories in m/d
488 calories will maintain a 23 pound cat. 
Seriously  Check it Right here

If you are looking for a food that will help your cat lose weight - you may want to try a grain free high protein - high quality food. 
Just saying...
It has to be about monitoring your feline.
Apparently they are not suppose to free feed (I will continue to free feed anyways)

*Follow the feeding guidelines on the back of the bag - they exist - dumping a bunch in a bowl is not part of the guidelines (I'm a rebel)


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n/d- Nutritional - Given to Dogs undergoing Chemotherapy

aww sad for sick puppies :(

Ingredients - 

Beef By-Products, Water, Pork Liver, Fish Oil, Rice, Chicken, Chicken Liver Flavor, Powdered Cellulose, Dried Beet Pulp, Potassium Citrate, Calcium Carbonate, L-Arginine, Dicalcium Phosphate, Taurine, Iron Oxide, Vitamin E Supplement, Choline Chloride, Zinc Oxide, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Copper Sulfate, Niacin, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Riboflavin, Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, Sodium Selenite.

This is only available in Canned - that may be the reason this actually looks like it contains protein.


How it is stated to help -

• Clinically proven to help improve quality of life for dogs undergoing chemotherapy
• High level of protein to meet energy demand and to avoid muscle wasting
• High level of fat to increase caloric density and palatability to help acceptance by inappetant pets
• Low levels of carbohydrates
• High level of arginine and omega-3 fatty acids to help stimulate the immune system

A 60lb dog can have up to 3 cans a day. 12.7oz cans
n/d is 483 calories

A Dog with Cancer - undergoing chemo or not - needs a calorie and fat dense food.
Simple carbohydrates feed the tumor

We do not want to feed the tumor. We hate the tumor.

No simple carbs!!!
Even if they are healthy simple carbs - they are not wanted!

• Frucose 
• Lactose
• Lactulose
• Maltose 
• Maltulose
• Sucrose
• Galactose
• Glucose
• Arabinose
• Arabitol
• Allose
• Altrose 
• Galactosamine hydrochloride
• Acetylgalactosamine 
• Hammelose 
• Lyxose 
• Levoglucosenone 
• Mannose
• Mannitol 
• Mannosamine hydrochloride 
• Acetylmannosamine
• Deoxy-L-ribose
• Ribose 
• Rhamnose 
• Threose 
• Talose
• Xylose 
• Galactose
• Galactose-6-O-sulfate sodium salt
• Acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-O-sulfate sodium salt 
• Glucosamine-3-O-sulfate
• Glucosamine-2-N, 3-O-sulfate sodium salt 
• Acetyl-D-galactosamine-4-O-sulfate sodium salt 
• Galactosamine-2-N-sulfate sodium salt 
• Mannose-6-O-sulfate sodium salt
• Acetobromo-D-xylose
• Phenylethyl-β-D-thiogalactoside
• Isopropyl-β-D-galactopyranoside
• Nitrophenyl-α-D-xylopyranoside
• Acetylneuraminic acid
• Arabino - 1,4-lactone
• Lyxono - 1,4-lactone
• Ribono - 1,4-lactone
• Threono - 1,4-lactone 
• Methyl uronate
• GlcNAc L- asparagine
• Xylosylated L- serine
• Manosylated L- serine 
• Galactosylated L- serine 
• Galactosylated L- tyrosine

Foods with Simple Carbohydrates

• Baked goods (including bread) made with white flour
• Bananas
• Blackberries
• Black currants
• Blueberries
• Cake
• Candy
• Candy bar
• Carbonated drink
• Cherries
• Chocolate 
• Cookies
• Corn syrup
• Cranberries
• Fruit juice
• Fruit preserve or jam
• Fudge 
• Grapefruits
• Honey
• Kiwis
• Lemons
• Lychee 
• 2% or Regular milk
• Melons
• Most packaged cereals
• Oranges
• Pasta made with white flour
• Peaches
• Plums
• Raspberries
• Table sugar
• Full fat yogurt
• There may be more.. 

Well that was a fun search - I found a few - but they had Cranberries ..or Bluberries. Jerks. 

This one is 500 calories - Natural Balance Lamb

I am sure there are many more out there. 

• A problem could be with your pet not wanting to eat - so regardless of what you find him - it will not help unless he eats it. 

• If you have a food you know he will eat - but it has some of those bad carbs  - split the difference 

Get a can that does not have any and mix it in with the can he already likes. 

Warm it up a little ( just a bit )

• Try and make it as appealing as possible - and in an environment that is as calm as possible. 

There are anti nausea medications available - talk to your vet about these and supplements. 

When it comes to medical issues - like this or any disease - learn as much as possible in regards to nutrition. 

You can't seem to avoid Cancer - it's everywhere. It seems to be in everything!

You can however, give your dog the best chance at fighting these battles.    


It makes me sad when I think about animals having to deal with people illnesses. 
They are not the ones creating the foods
They are not the ones making GMO's
They are not the ones adding MSG
They are not the ones causing these issues to be so prevalent - We are. 

Sometimes Humans Suck.