Truths and Lies regarding Pet’s Nutrition
One common belief is that vitamin and mineral supplements are unable to damage pet’s health, instead they help your pet to get rid of disease. Terrible mistake! Vitamins and minerals are highly beneficial for your pet’s health but in the correct amount. An excessive dose of this element can also lead your pet to suffer terrible diseases.
Another belief is that fiber permits your pet to lose weight in a secure way. This is another wrong belief. The fiber only regulates the bowel movement, if the speed of bowel movement increases too much; nutrients may not be absorbed in a correct way, leading your pet to lack of nutrients, vitamins and minerals.
“Calcium pills help to get an optimal development” is another wrong belief. Puppies have no defense against excess of calcium. An extra dosage of calcium can only lead to disequilibrium and be responsible for future degeneration of the osseous system.
The excess of calcium will also difficult the absorption of Zinc and Magnesium. If the puppy is receiving an optimal feeding, based on premium balanced food, then the supply of calcium will be covered.
Another wrong belief is the more vitamins you give to your pet, the healthier your pet will be. The excess of vitamins can cause more health problems than the lack of them. There are vitamin complex that are evacuatedon the urine, such as complex B or complex C. But the excess of fat soluble vitamins cannot be that easily evacuated, giving as a result the accumulation of these vitamins in your pet’s body. In this way, these vitamins may reach toxic levels of accumulation.
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