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Why
Take Supplements
It's no mystery why we take
supplements. The body is a complicated mechanism that fights every
day to preserve its own well-being. Therefore, the body needs plenty
of nutritional support that foods can't always adequately provide.
Because of high starch content, bleaching and over processing, many foods
don't contain enough minerals to adequately support the body. A
deficiency of just one or more nutrients can leave the body vulnerable to
disease. Furthermore, we must acknowledge that we each have
biochemical individuality, so our bodies require different things
depending on our age, environment, activity level and genetic
makeup. The same goes for our pets. Every
dog and cat is unique and requires specific increases in nutrients for
many reasons. Also, our pets' demand for certain nutrients fluctuate. Vitamin
B is great support to the body during stressful periods and additional zinc is a
helpful nutrient for many breeds; such as, huskies. No matter how
well a diet is formulated, there are always nutrients, which are not in the diet.
The body knows what it needs and it has its ways of communicating these things
to us. It is up to us to pay attention to our animals' behavior as well as their
appearance to make sure they're getting all the nutrients they need. For
instance, is your cat sleeping more than usual these days? Or does your dog have less
of an appetite? Perhaps they need supplements. It doesn't hurt to try
supplements to see how your pets respond to them.
You may see a drastic change in their mannerisms or their appearance.
When we give our pets supplements in conjunction with healthy well-balanced
meals, their bodies intelligently draw what they need from the supplements
and allocate them properly.
Rather than taking a specific vitamin or mineral in calculated amounts, herbs
deliver many nutrients in various amounts to the parts of the body that
require it. And what's so special about our Advanced Daily Supplements?
For Cats
Our cat supplement consists mostly of herbs and whole foods (or whole ingredients).
Whole foods are widely understood as foods that are not man made, altered only
in the actual manufacturing of the product but in no other way.
Nothing is added and nothing is taken away. Whole foods contain many
nutritional components and perform several functions to
the body at large, as opposed to just one single targeted benefit. The body
takes what it needs from whole foods and allocates it to whatever part needs it
most. Whole foods can be anything from fruits and vegetables, to fish and nuts.
This particular formula contains whole ingredients that include flax seed
meal, fish meal, chicken meal and plenty of medicinal plants, which all help to support the
body and keep it in balance.
For Dogs
Our daily supplement for dogs is rather unique because among other things,
it contains the rather unusual Ester C (Calcium Ascorbate), which is non-acidic, rich in
calcium and other minerals and better absorbed than regular Vitamin C.
It is usually not added to dog foods because it was once thought that dogs don't
require C because they manufacture it in their liver. This way of thinking about
dogs is archaic because we must now consider the way
dogs' eating habits have evolved from years of domestication. Out in the
wild, dogs ate prey that had intestines filled with grasses that contained C.
Now at home, they eat the foods we give them and they occasionally take a bite out
of the neighbor's lawn. Now, it seems as if dogs aren't getting enough C.
Vitamin C, considered a vital antioxidant, supports the bone, teeth and gums, blood
vessels and the immune system. Nutritionists
consider it a "conditionally essential" nutrient, meaning that it is needed in higher
amounts during certain times in the animal's life such as sickness, separation anxiety,
stress from shows, visits to vets and confinement due to long distance trips. Getting
Into Dr. Jane's Head
Many of the supplements
on the market today are formulated with some kind of
theory in mind as to what herbs, antioxidants and other whole
foods promote balanced hearth. Scientists through years of
experimentation and rigorous study, form their own chiseled opinions
on what they believe should be the quintessential supplement for our pets.
By the time the information reaches the average consumer, often the
scientist's initial intentions have been watered down and sugar coated by
advertisers whose primary purpose is to sell the product as opposed
to educating about the product. How often do we really get the
inside scoop as to what the formulator's original vision was for the
product? How often do we learn what idea kept the scientist
from sleeping at night? Aren't scientists artists in their own
right?
With this in mind, our
very own Dr. Jane has been kind enough to take out some time and
share her vision for the Advanced Daily Supplement with Phytonutrient
Power for Dogs
and Cats.
Dr Jane states: When I
looked at Life's Abundance and the nutrients a pet is most apt to
require more of, I came up with this formula because: I wanted to
give dogs and cats the added nutrients without giving them too much
because more is not necessarily better. I also felt it very
important to create formulas which were as holistic as possible—not just
the addition of nutrients, but specific ones that the pets should have and
probably would not otherwise get.
I feel very strongly
about liver support. The liver works very hard to eliminate waste from the
daily metabolism of eating, breathing, living, etc. Even a
supplement requires work by the liver. That's why it is so important to
support the liver, especially with the amount of toxins pets are exposed
to. I also wanted to support the immune system. Not only with
antioxidants—which give support one way—but by giving support to the
individual ceils that make up an active immune system. That's why I
chose the beta sitosterol for our Advanced Daily Supplements.
And there you have it.
Thanks Dr. Jane!
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