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Are You Killing Your Pet Slowly With Love?
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For hundreds of millions of years, animals have lived close to nature. They've needed no intervention from a veterinary doctor, dietitian or fortune teller. They have hunted their food down and eaten it fresh as nature intended. In return, they have enjoyed abundant health and vitality which is nature's gift to them for being such good children. In direct contrast we humans have moved so far away from nature since we sauntered out of the Garden of Eden that we perhaps can't really remember anymore what it means to live according to nature's laws.
We have completely forsaken the wholesome diet the human body was originally designed to live on and have created some highly manufactured, processed and bleached junk we refer to as food. We decided to turn deaf ears to wise men like Hippocrates who asked us to "Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food". We even went against the Bible's gentle plea, “... and the fruit thereof shall be for meat and the leaf thereof for medicine" (Ezekiel 47:12). In return, we have been plagued by all manner of diseases too numerous to keep tabs on, and new ones are still being christianed by modern medical science even as we speak.
Unfortunately for our animal friends, our ancestors woke up one sunny morning thousands of years ago and decided to capture some animals and make them pets, to keep us company and amuse us. Pretty soon, these domesticated animals began sharing our lifeless foods, drinks and (worst) medicine. Soon they began shedding their long-cherished cloak of wholesome health and began developing cancers, heart diseases, debilitating bowel disorders and all the other crippling diseases the human race have brought upon themselves.
Still it did not become apparent to pet owners like myself what is really happening to our beloved companions. It was not clear to me why my dog Timmy started losing his appetite, became quite bloated and had his glossy black fur falling off his coat in clumps until it was nearly too late. Due to my great love for my dreamy-eyed canine friend, I had been feeding Timmy the very best dog food money could buy and treating him with the vet's top prescriptions, in addition to all the vaccines modern medicine suggests is crucial he must have for excellent health.
Nothing was too good or too expensive for my dear Timmy, I'll rather starve than deny him anything he wanted or needed, be it food, drinks, medication or toys. It was when he became ill and could hardly eat anything or stand on his own four feet for any length of time that I started researching natural pet health products and reading about herbal remedies for dogs, and for the very first time, I discovered that quite ignorantly I might have been killing my Timmy slowly over the years with love and affection.
Next Episode: Timmy's Distant Wild Relatives.
Are You Killing Your Pet Slowly With Love?
[caption id="attachment_253" align="alignleft" width="179" caption="Animal Friend"][/caption]
For hundreds of millions of years, animals have lived close to nature. They've needed no intervention from a veterinary doctor, dietitian or fortune teller. They have hunted their food down and eaten it fresh as nature intended. In return, they have enjoyed abundant health and vitality which is nature's gift to them for being such good children. In direct contrast we humans have moved so far away from nature since we sauntered out of the Garden of Eden that we perhaps can't really remember anymore what it means to live according to nature's laws.
We have completely forsaken the wholesome diet the human body was originally designed to live on and have created some highly manufactured, processed and bleached junk we refer to as food. We decided to turn deaf ears to wise men like Hippocrates who asked us to "Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food". We even went against the Bible's gentle plea, “... and the fruit thereof shall be for meat and the leaf thereof for medicine" (Ezekiel 47:12). In return, we have been plagued by all manner of diseases too numerous to keep tabs on, and new ones are still being christianed by modern medical science even as we speak.
Unfortunately for our animal friends, our ancestors woke up one sunny morning thousands of years ago and decided to capture some animals and make them pets, to keep us company and amuse us. Pretty soon, these domesticated animals began sharing our lifeless foods, drinks and (worst) medicine. Soon they began shedding their long-cherished cloak of wholesome health and began developing cancers, heart diseases, debilitating bowel disorders and all the other crippling diseases the human race have brought upon themselves.
Still it did not become apparent to pet owners like myself what is really happening to our beloved companions. It was not clear to me why my dog Timmy started losing his appetite, became quite bloated and had his glossy black fur falling off his coat in clumps until it was nearly too late. Due to my great love for my dreamy-eyed canine friend, I had been feeding Timmy the very best dog food money could buy and treating him with the vet's top prescriptions, in addition to all the vaccines modern medicine suggests is crucial he must have for excellent health.
Nothing was too good or too expensive for my dear Timmy, I'll rather starve than deny him anything he wanted or needed, be it food, drinks, medication or toys. It was when he became ill and could hardly eat anything or stand on his own four feet for any length of time that I started researching natural pet health products and reading about herbal remedies for dogs, and for the very first time, I discovered that quite ignorantly I might have been killing my Timmy slowly over the years with love and affection.
Next Episode: Timmy's Distant Wild Relatives.