#raw diet
Happy Friday all!
Hope you’ve started off your weekend right! I know I did.
Summer is just around the corner and it’s about to be #nicecream season!
Digging into this bowl of purple fluff topped with fresh berries, cashews, plantain chips (does anyone else do this? There’s something about the saltiness that really compliments the sweet), and delicious cocoa nib squares. Not a lot of people like 100% cocoa, but for me, it’s like having a good cup of coffee. ☕️
Nice cream is made of:
1.5 frozen nanas
A cup of frozen bloobs
3 large frozen strawberries
1 tbsp of soy yogurt
A cup of ice
A splash of vanilla almond milk.
Blend until fluffy and gorge!
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Good morning world!
Sometimes mango cravings are too strong to ignore. Made myself a scrumptious mango #nicecream this morning topped with fresh bananas, bloobs, strawberries, gluten-free fig bar bites and almond granola crumbles.
Mango Nicecream Recipe:
1.5 Frozen Nanas
7 Frozen mango bites (I get organic frozen mango bites from TJs)
1 Tbsp of organic soy yogurt (original)
2 figs
1 cup of ice
A splash of Almond milk
Blend and devour!
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And last but not least, Made myself a chilly bowl of fig beet blueberry nanaicecream topped with deliciously sweet cherries, raspberries, and juicy blackberries. I sprinkled a bit of coconut shavings and Arctic Power cranberry powder as usual. Mmmm - mmm delicious! This baby was made with 3 frozen bananas, 2 frozen figs, 2 handfuls of frozen blueberries, 1 tbsp of raw beetroot powder, raw almond butter, So Delicious Vanilla coconut yogurt, and some Arctic Power cranberry powder. Hope you’re all having a healthy start to the week!
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Homemade cat food diets could be risky(ScienceDaily)
(Photo via PerfectlyRawsome.com)
The study, published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, is thought to be the first to examine homemade recipes for healthy adult cats. Researchers evaluated 114 recipes from online sources and books, written by nonveterinarians and veterinarians. Forty percent of the recipes did not provide any feeding instructions, and the remainder of them lacked detail or were unclear.
“Only 94 recipes provided enough information for computer nutritional analysis and of those none of them provided all the essential nutrients to meet the National Research Council’s recommended allowances for adult cats,” said lead author Jennifer Larsen, a veterinary nutritionist with the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
Recipes lacked nutrients regardless of the source or whether they were written by veterinarians, although those authored by veterinarians had fewer deficiencies in essential nutrients. Most recipes were lacking concentrations of three or more nutrients, with some lacking adequate amounts of up to 19 essential nutrients. Furthermore, many recipes had severe deficiencies, providing less than 50 percent of the recommend allowances of several essential nutrients including choline, iron, zinc, thiamin, vitamin E and manganese…
Seven percent of the recipes called for ingredients that are potentially toxic to cats, including garlic or garlic powder, onions and leeks. Researchers also found recipes that called for raw animal products without mentioning potential risks of bacterial contamination. Some recipes that included bones neglected to mention the importance of grinding them to prevent gastrointestinal tears….
“Homemade diets are not necessarily better,” said Larsen. “If you are going to use one, you have to make sure you do it safely and they should be balanced and appropriate for your individual cat.”
Larsen said cat owners should not be afraid of commercial diets, but recommends cat owners who desire a homemade diet consult with a board-certified veterinary nutritionist. They specialize in formulating homemade diets for pets. (FULL ARTICLE)
