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Keeping our pets as healthy as possible is the goal of all pet owners. The first step in achieving that goal is to feed them properly.

It can be hard to decide what food to give them with all the options that are on the market today.

Here are some ingredients you will want to avoid when choosing a food for your cat or dog.

Ingredients to Avoid in Cat Food

Chemical preservatives such as ethoxyquin, BHA and BHT are used to ensure that cat food lasts a long time, but they are suspected to be risky as they may cause cancer.

More and more manufacturers of pet food are staying away from these ingredients and turning to preservatives that are more natural such as Vitamin E and Vitamin C.

Meat by products is another ingredient you want to avoid. Meat by products can include such parts of the slaughtered animal as intestines, stomachs, blood, bone, livers, brains, kidneys, spleens and the lungs.

Meat by products is a far more inferior form of protein and you can never be sure exactly what you are getting. You should also stay away from any cat food that contains meat by product meal as well.

As animal lovers, we all know that food is everything to our animals, and even if it is true that pet foods are available over the counter in all food stores, you cannot be sure of all its ingredients.

Food allergy is one thing you may have to contend with in such a case, and lack of sufficient nutrition may be another.

Prepare your pet food yourself:

If possible, you must try to prepare pet food yourself. This way, you can be sure that there are no added chemical preservatives, no by-products, no artificial colors or flavoring, no wheat and corn, both poorly digestible for animals,  and other potentially dangerous additives are used in your precious pet’s food.

Natural foods are best! Dogs and cats that have been raised on a well balanced and nutritious diet comprising vitamins, fats and minerals in all the required quantities are less likely to develop the food allergies and related complications that animals fed only mass made foods bought from stores demonstrate.

What to feed? You can feed your pet fresh milk, eggs, fish, organ meat, vegetables and fruits along with digestive enzymes for quicker absorption.

Owning a pet is a very big responsibility. If the health of your pet gets disturbed, you are the one who is troubled and bothered.

Many diseases enter into your pet body through its stomach. You should take care while feeding the pet with food.

Providing proper food and care will make an impact on your pet and gives likelihood to become close to you very soon.

Some research has proved that you can get close to your pet through its food.

Important steps in pet feeding:

Make sure that your pet gets adequate amount of water and food in the day. Feed your pet only once in a day or twice with small meals. Change water regularly to avoid water contaminated diseases.

Choosing the better pet food is too hard for any one by just watching the advertisements of the products.

The presence of the below products in your pet food is dangerous for your pet’s health.

• Chocolate
• Over dosage of sugar and processed sugar
• Any product containing Xylitol
• Grapes and raisins
• Macadamia nuts and walnuts
• Moldy foods
• Mushrooms
• Mustard seeds
• Onions and any of its form