Animal Naturals Pet Products

Healthy Foods For Our Pets

Animals’ natural pet products are essential in promoting optimal health in our pets.  Canned food, packaged foods or processed foods contains preservatives that may affect our pets’ health and may be missing if some nutrients while a natural product or food contains nutritive value to satisfy our pets’ body needs. 

Both people and animals requires a balanced nutrition and adequate food intake as their caregiver we must provide them foods that are rich in essential fatty acids, carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and minerals to meet their body requirements for growth and health maintenance; resistance to diseases and infections and also provides energy for daily activities. 

Here are some list of functions of these essential nutrients and their sources:
* Carbohydrates – composed of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. An energy providing nutrient or main source of energy of both humans and animals. It is mainly found in sugar, starches and fibers. Inadequate intake of carbohydrates may result weakness and too much consumption may develop obesity in our pets.
* Proteins – composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. The only nutrient that helps build, repair and maintains body tissues. Sources are meat, poultry, eggs, milk or milk products, grains nuts and legumes. Inadequate intake of protein may cause muscle wasting while too much intake may contribute heart disease.
* Essential fatty acids – necessary for heart disease.
* Cholesterol metabolism – primarily found in fish oils, corn oil, sunflower seeds, etc.
* Vitamins – necessary for body processes and requires metabolism of fats, proteins and carbohydrates. It is classified in 2 and accordingly to solubility (fat soluble and water soluble). Can be found in meats, poultry, fish, vegetables, fruits, fortified milk and enriched grains and cereals.
* Minerals – essential to good health, regulates body processes, and serves as a structural
component.  Mostly found in water, natural food, and plants grown in mineral rich soil.

As a pet owner, it is a must for us and it is our responsibility to provide a quality of food in ensuring optimal health and wellness in our pets. But even a good quality of food may be lacking or some essential nutrients.

Another way to support their needs is to provide them also with multivitamins and daily supplements most especially when they get older. As we all know these products are well-balanced source of nutrients. It is very useful and helpful but too much of it may affect and can cause harm in our pets’ health.

Before introducing these products in our pets, we must consult our vets first to avoid the risk of giving under dose or overdose medications. Regular exercise such as running or walking is also a big factor in ensuring and promoting health and wellness. Regular visits in our vets are not necessarily, as this can cost us a lot. Twice or thrice a year may do.

Seeking advices and opinions from vets will help us a lot in taking care and nourishing our pets. Vets only knows what's good and what's bad in our pets health and we can seek better ideas from them on how to provide animals natural pet products.