"What most people feed their pets is largely dictated by big business - companies that have the financial muscle to pay for advertisements in the press, and also on TV. One pet food manufacturer in the UK spends around £35 million each year on advertising alone to tell you that its food is the best (this figure doesn't include PR or sponsorship)."
"But big business influence stretches further than advertising, through sponsorship of veterinary and research establishments. Ask a vet how he was trained in pet nutrition, and he will usually admit that, if he received any nutritional training at all, an employee of a petfood company was wheeled in to do the teaching - for maybe two days. Then, once qualified, vets are 'educated' by visiting sales reps, and the 'food' they stock in their practices is often the 'food' with the biggest margin. Veterinary nurses are also fooled into thinking they are learning about nutrition when they go on pet food manufacturers' sponsored 'training' courses."
"BARF," which stands for biologically appropriate raw food, just makes sense. Period.
Feed animals what they would eat without "human involvement" and watch them enjoy health abundance. No more depression for dogs and leukemia for cats.
With BARF taking the pet community by storm, it's no wonder "concerned" veterinarians are putting out misinformation. We're not suggesting they are doing it purposefully, just that they haven't been taught better.
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It seems even our friends in Texas are jonesin for some raw-food!
Thanks to Cynthia Beavers (chef & owner) Pure Cafe is Texas' first raw restaurant serving organic living cuisine. And boy are we excited. In fact this is such great news that we just might need to have a spiritual-hoedown. Actually, I think Pure Cafe is one step ahead of us - the party & Grand Opening is August 15.
This beautiful before and after story comes straight from Downunder. Special thanks to Ricardo of rawfood.com.au for the link.
David's Story At the age of nineteen, I was diagnosed with stage two cancer. Throughout my whole ordeal, I treated my illness as though I had a minor cold. I had no doubt that I would survive the cancer and live a normal and healthy life; it was just a matter of getting through the barrage of chemotherapy sessions and the drugs that were highly toxic to my system. More.
Regina's Story Looking back, a raw food lifestyle presented itself numerous times before I decided to jump in with both feet. My first introduction to raw food came after following up a personal ad in Kyoto, Japan. During the first encounter with my mystery date, he told me about how he just ate raw food and the amount of energy and vitality that he felt due to this lifestyle choice. I had to admit, the man looked vibrant with health, but I thought to myself, “What a weirdo! How could he just eat raw food?” More.
This awesome recipe comes to us via Vanessa Sherwood. Find our more about Vanessa and her personal chef services at somelikeitraw.net
Ingredients
1 c. maple syrup* (grade B if you have it)
1/2 c. agave nectar
6 Tbls. raw cacao nibs
2 Tbls. cacoa powder**
1 Tbls. virgin coconut oil
1 tsp. nama shoyu
seeds from 1/2 vanilla bean (optional)
Directions
Place all ingredients in your VitaMix and blend on high for approx. 30 seconds until smooth. This sauce can be used for many things. Recipe Notes *Agave nectar can be used in place of the maple syrup. It just won't give it as much depth of flavor as the maple syrup does. **Carob powder can be used in place of the cocoa powder, or you can do half carob, half cocoa.
"Eat it raw:"I've never been at a party where all the guests are so thin - it's probably the food," Kyle MacLachlantold me the other night. It was at a fete for Matthew Kenney and Sarma Melngailis' non-cookbook, "Raw Food/Real World," at the authors' Irving Place restaurant, Pure Food and Wine. As waiters passed around various veggie concoctions from the book, the likes ofDarren Star, Elisabeth Röhmand Ann Curry nibbled around the edges - and meat-eating me got hungrier and hungrier. Never mindDarryl Hannah'sclaim: "I love this food. I love to come to this restaurant. The food is very satisfying and makes you feel satiated." It's obviously working for her."
