Why Grain Free Cat Food?

Surely you, like me, and like most of us human beings, are in love with your pet. However, you have to be very responsible and caring, besides loving, to ensure the good health of your pet. Choosing the right food for your pet is of prime importance here. Don't worry, it actually isn't your choice to make at all - Your carnivore pet is born to eat grain-free!

Grain foods and its derivatives don't make an ideal feed for cats. Let's see why...

• Being a carnivore, a cat naturally consumes a lot of meat based proteins. It's natural diet contains only a small quantity of fruits and vegetables and very little or no carbohydrates. So, to digest the alien, carbohydrate-rich grain food, the cat's pancreas has to secrete a large quantity of enzymes which can make the animal sick.

• Grain food is known to cause problems like urinary tract disease, kidney disease, obesity and a horde of chronic digestive problems which include chronic vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, and inflammatory bowl diseases.

• The more you feed grains to your cat, the more it becomes vulnerable to heart diseases. This is because the increased reliance on carbohydrates can develop a deficiency of 'taurine' in cats.

• Another problem with the grain foods is their reduced moisture content - they can cause dehydration, unless your pet consumes a large quantity of water.

• Grain food can increase your pet's weight. Especially, the old pet cats which move around scarcely are more susceptible to the dreaded weight gain.

• Being an unnatural diet, the grain food invites many other allergies and diseases to your pet's failing immune system.

Now, we can see that cats have simply not evolved to eat cereal grains - they have a relatively short gastrointestinal system which can easily metabolize a high protein diet, but is unable to secrete the enzymes crucial to the digestion of carbohydrates.

Types of Grain-Free Cat Food

You can get healthy, grain-free food for your cat in multiple, ideally preserved forms.

• The first one is kibble. It is very convenient to use. You can find it easily at your local pet food store.

• Grain-free food is also available as freeze-dried portions. Before feeding, water is added to it. The freeze-drying process preserves the nutrients and minerals of the natural food for a long time.

• Also, you can get cat food in its most natural state in the raw-frozen form.

Irrespective of the type of grain-free food you choose, your dear carnivore will definitely savor it with delight. The organic cat food, well-suited to your pet's natural appetite, is the key to its good health and well being.

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