6 Days Of Eating Dog Food
1/01/2018
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or maybe the haze is clearing.
Why you must care
Because what about a doggie bag will be the next natural extension in the food-crazed world,
When I tell my pal Kate about my want to eat nothing but dog food on an entire week, her reaction is normal. That's disgusting,” she says. I do not approve.”
I try to explain. I've been on a paleo diet all year long — living on meat, eggs and vegetables. I love it and feel great. But everything that fresh meat and convey costs a lot of money. Plus, there are plenty of cooking, and I have better activities with time — like reading pet food labels. And yes, I couldn't help notice that my dog's high-end kibble — like my paleo diet — has lots of protein, grain-free and gluten-free. It's made out of simple, holistic ingredients.” It's fortified with omega-3 and omega-6 and antioxidants. The best part, Canidae is an expensive dog food, but at 85 cents dinner, it's actually a lot less than eating paleo.
Kate won't look impressed. I just want to go on the record,” she says. You are one cheap lady.”
DAY ONE
It's important to keep things civilized. For breakfast, I pour a cupful of kibble for my border collie, plus a generous cup for myself. I to utilise the table and dig together with a spoon. Dry and gritty, it possesses a nutty, slightly sour taste, as being a healthy breakfast cereal. Halfway with the bowl, my jaw gets tired. Dog food uses a lot of heavy-duty crunching. For inspiration, I reread the label: Look what's inside! Four animal protein sources … fruit and vegetables … yum!”
Yum indeed. I plow through the rest in the bowl.
Around 1 p.m., I get excited for lunch. Then I remember … dog food. It's a bit like likely to call a friend and realizing he or she is still dead.
Dinner presents a conundrum. I'm meeting a pal in Manhattan for coffee at 5 p.m. before attending a panel discussion at 7 p.m. I slip a few Milk-Bones into my purse. My coffee meeting runs late and I ought to eat out and about, popping biscuits into my mouth as I hustle with the East Village. I don't bother to cover up the Milk-Bones. In New York City, a female scarfing dog treats in the pub is likely the very least interesting thing happening.
At the day's end, I realize an unforeseen upside to my new diet: The only dish I ought to wash is my commercial dog food bowl. This may be the simplicity I've been seeking my entire life.
DAY TWO
Already tired of kibble, I go to the neighborhood pet supply shop and have the owner which dog food is best for people. He selects a can labeled Chunky Colossal Chicken Dinner. It's chicken, peas, carrots and gravy,” he notes. Sold! As he rings me up, I find out if he ever eats pet food. No,” according to him. You don't know what's inside it. But I've tried biscuits.”
He offers me a Boo Boo Berry dog cookie. They're not bad,” according to him. A little dry.” I pop one out of my mouth. It needs salt.
Back home, I rip the lid off of the Colossal Chicken Dinner. There are whole baby carrots and peas. It looks and smells fantastic, being a can of Campbell's Chunky. But the flavor is metallic and disturbingly bland. If North Korea produced a canned chicken dinner, it may taste similar to this.
Don't forget just to walk yourself,” says Mom.
DAY THREE
Back to the kibble. For the first time, I spot the fine print around the bag: Not for human consumption.”
Whoa. Could my diet be dangerous, I email Marion Nestle, an NYU professor who's written best-selling books on both human and pet nutrition. Canned meals are sterile,” she replies. The kibble is not, and there have been many cases of salmonella contamination.”
Zoiks!
She also warns about palatability: Dog food companies add flavors attractive to dogs,” she says. These are generally disgusting to the majority of humans.” I didn't need her to inform me that.
DAY FOUR
My mother, needing to help, recommends something called Freshpet: It's a refrigerated pet food that comes in a tube, like liverwurst.” This sounds revolting. I promise to check on it out.
Don't forget to walk yourself,” says Mom.
So I do: to the local PetSmart, which is dog food heaven. There are four aisles of kibble and canned, not forgetting an astonishing assortment of snacks — bacon chews, dried sweet potato slices, deer antlers. It's all very tempting plus a bit overwhelming. I explain my situation to some clerk, who steers me to store's high-end house canned brand, Simply Nourish. There's a chicken and beef stew, a tuna pasta casserole, even a chicken and carrot bisque with pumpkin and quail egg. I'm impressed.
At least it appears like human food,” he admits that. Everything else is in fact kibble, or just gelatinous.”
I buy two cans of Simply Nourish along with a tube of Freshpet, feeling skeptical, however the bisque happens to be very tasty. I heat it down and include a little salt. It's chock-full of chicken; the broth is rich and flavorful. The quail egg is a bit rubbery, but I can deal.
It's more expensive than going paleo.
I come back to PetSmart to look at advantage with the buy-10, get-two-cans-free deal. I find the clerk and thank him for his excellent advice. Good to find out,” according to him. Now, if I have you ever gotten that question again, I can answer it with confidence.” He looks frightened.
Later, I call PetSmart's PR office to inquire about why their pet food tastes like people food. The company declines to comment.
DAY SIX
I possess a nice routine going. Kibble in the morning, chicken bisque for lunch, chicken and beef stew for lunch. The canned your meals are so delicious, I don't feel deprived. My digestion is fine; my degree of energy is with the roof. And is it simply my imagination, or do I have brighter eyes and whiter teeth,
Dog Food Sandwich.
By enough time I get home, I'm finally hungry enough to try the Freshpet. Inside its plastic tube, the pink paté, flecked with carrots and peas, looks rather like olive loaf. I cut a couple of slices and fry them up in a very pan. Surprise! It tastes like meatloaf. I could serve this in a dinner party with out one would blink. Alas, it's also around the pricey side. At $5 a pound, I might also buy real chicken. But maybe it's worth it. Freshpet, after all, is not only chicken. It has vegetables and brown rice, not forgetting vitamins and efas for healthy digestion along with a shiny coat.” Like most dog foods, it's meant to be a complete, all-in-one diet. If the goal is convenient nutrition, exactly what is the harm,
I discuss my idea with Dr. Angele Thompson, chair from the Pet Food Institute's Nutrition Task Force and president of Thompson PetTech, a commercial dog food nutrition consulting firm. She puts the kibosh on my small idea.
Dogs and humans evolved together, says Thompson, and unlike other species, both people and canines can survive, if not thrive, with a wide variety of diets. But when you are looking for optimal nutrition, our needs will vary. Dogs make their particular vitamin C. Humans usually do not. Dogs and the ones require different amino acids. Humans have a very more efficient metabolism.
And just because a dog will happily eat something, that's no indication it is fit for human consumption. Why the heck would your dog, within two weeks, eat two jars of petroleum jelly,” she says. I certainly wouldn't make it happen. But my dog did.”
The last day of dog food week is often a blur of kibble, canned and Freshpet. Monday morning, I weigh in. I've lost nearly 2 pounds. I get the outcomes of a blood test back from my health clinic. My blood sugar levels level has dropped for the ultralow end with the ideal range — better yet than when I was eating paleo.
I'm excited to return to eating people food. But if I were broke, I'd decide to live on kibble over Kraft dinner or ramen noodles. Surely, an all-in-one, high-end commercial dog food is more nutritious than a diet of white flour and fat,
Why you must care
Because what about a doggie bag will be the next natural extension in the food-crazed world,
When I tell my pal Kate about my want to eat nothing but dog food on an entire week, her reaction is normal. That's disgusting,” she says. I do not approve.”
I try to explain. I've been on a paleo diet all year long — living on meat, eggs and vegetables. I love it and feel great. But everything that fresh meat and convey costs a lot of money. Plus, there are plenty of cooking, and I have better activities with time — like reading pet food labels. And yes, I couldn't help notice that my dog's high-end kibble — like my paleo diet — has lots of protein, grain-free and gluten-free. It's made out of simple, holistic ingredients.” It's fortified with omega-3 and omega-6 and antioxidants. The best part, Canidae is an expensive dog food, but at 85 cents dinner, it's actually a lot less than eating paleo.
Kate won't look impressed. I just want to go on the record,” she says. You are one cheap lady.”
DAY ONE
It's important to keep things civilized. For breakfast, I pour a cupful of kibble for my border collie, plus a generous cup for myself. I to utilise the table and dig together with a spoon. Dry and gritty, it possesses a nutty, slightly sour taste, as being a healthy breakfast cereal. Halfway with the bowl, my jaw gets tired. Dog food uses a lot of heavy-duty crunching. For inspiration, I reread the label: Look what's inside! Four animal protein sources … fruit and vegetables … yum!”
Yum indeed. I plow through the rest in the bowl.
Around 1 p.m., I get excited for lunch. Then I remember … dog food. It's a bit like likely to call a friend and realizing he or she is still dead.
Dinner presents a conundrum. I'm meeting a pal in Manhattan for coffee at 5 p.m. before attending a panel discussion at 7 p.m. I slip a few Milk-Bones into my purse. My coffee meeting runs late and I ought to eat out and about, popping biscuits into my mouth as I hustle with the East Village. I don't bother to cover up the Milk-Bones. In New York City, a female scarfing dog treats in the pub is likely the very least interesting thing happening.
At the day's end, I realize an unforeseen upside to my new diet: The only dish I ought to wash is my commercial dog food bowl. This may be the simplicity I've been seeking my entire life.
DAY TWO
Already tired of kibble, I go to the neighborhood pet supply shop and have the owner which dog food is best for people. He selects a can labeled Chunky Colossal Chicken Dinner. It's chicken, peas, carrots and gravy,” he notes. Sold! As he rings me up, I find out if he ever eats pet food. No,” according to him. You don't know what's inside it. But I've tried biscuits.”
He offers me a Boo Boo Berry dog cookie. They're not bad,” according to him. A little dry.” I pop one out of my mouth. It needs salt.
Back home, I rip the lid off of the Colossal Chicken Dinner. There are whole baby carrots and peas. It looks and smells fantastic, being a can of Campbell's Chunky. But the flavor is metallic and disturbingly bland. If North Korea produced a canned chicken dinner, it may taste similar to this.
Don't forget just to walk yourself,” says Mom.
DAY THREE
Back to the kibble. For the first time, I spot the fine print around the bag: Not for human consumption.”
Whoa. Could my diet be dangerous, I email Marion Nestle, an NYU professor who's written best-selling books on both human and pet nutrition. Canned meals are sterile,” she replies. The kibble is not, and there have been many cases of salmonella contamination.”
Zoiks!
She also warns about palatability: Dog food companies add flavors attractive to dogs,” she says. These are generally disgusting to the majority of humans.” I didn't need her to inform me that.
DAY FOUR
My mother, needing to help, recommends something called Freshpet: It's a refrigerated pet food that comes in a tube, like liverwurst.” This sounds revolting. I promise to check on it out.
Don't forget to walk yourself,” says Mom.
So I do: to the local PetSmart, which is dog food heaven. There are four aisles of kibble and canned, not forgetting an astonishing assortment of snacks — bacon chews, dried sweet potato slices, deer antlers. It's all very tempting plus a bit overwhelming. I explain my situation to some clerk, who steers me to store's high-end house canned brand, Simply Nourish. There's a chicken and beef stew, a tuna pasta casserole, even a chicken and carrot bisque with pumpkin and quail egg. I'm impressed.
At least it appears like human food,” he admits that. Everything else is in fact kibble, or just gelatinous.”
I buy two cans of Simply Nourish along with a tube of Freshpet, feeling skeptical, however the bisque happens to be very tasty. I heat it down and include a little salt. It's chock-full of chicken; the broth is rich and flavorful. The quail egg is a bit rubbery, but I can deal.
It's more expensive than going paleo.
I come back to PetSmart to look at advantage with the buy-10, get-two-cans-free deal. I find the clerk and thank him for his excellent advice. Good to find out,” according to him. Now, if I have you ever gotten that question again, I can answer it with confidence.” He looks frightened.
Later, I call PetSmart's PR office to inquire about why their pet food tastes like people food. The company declines to comment.
DAY SIX
I possess a nice routine going. Kibble in the morning, chicken bisque for lunch, chicken and beef stew for lunch. The canned your meals are so delicious, I don't feel deprived. My digestion is fine; my degree of energy is with the roof. And is it simply my imagination, or do I have brighter eyes and whiter teeth,
Dog Food Sandwich.
By enough time I get home, I'm finally hungry enough to try the Freshpet. Inside its plastic tube, the pink paté, flecked with carrots and peas, looks rather like olive loaf. I cut a couple of slices and fry them up in a very pan. Surprise! It tastes like meatloaf. I could serve this in a dinner party with out one would blink. Alas, it's also around the pricey side. At $5 a pound, I might also buy real chicken. But maybe it's worth it. Freshpet, after all, is not only chicken. It has vegetables and brown rice, not forgetting vitamins and efas for healthy digestion along with a shiny coat.” Like most dog foods, it's meant to be a complete, all-in-one diet. If the goal is convenient nutrition, exactly what is the harm,
I discuss my idea with Dr. Angele Thompson, chair from the Pet Food Institute's Nutrition Task Force and president of Thompson PetTech, a commercial dog food nutrition consulting firm. She puts the kibosh on my small idea.
Dogs and humans evolved together, says Thompson, and unlike other species, both people and canines can survive, if not thrive, with a wide variety of diets. But when you are looking for optimal nutrition, our needs will vary. Dogs make their particular vitamin C. Humans usually do not. Dogs and the ones require different amino acids. Humans have a very more efficient metabolism.
And just because a dog will happily eat something, that's no indication it is fit for human consumption. Why the heck would your dog, within two weeks, eat two jars of petroleum jelly,” she says. I certainly wouldn't make it happen. But my dog did.”
The last day of dog food week is often a blur of kibble, canned and Freshpet. Monday morning, I weigh in. I've lost nearly 2 pounds. I get the outcomes of a blood test back from my health clinic. My blood sugar levels level has dropped for the ultralow end with the ideal range — better yet than when I was eating paleo.
I'm excited to return to eating people food. But if I were broke, I'd decide to live on kibble over Kraft dinner or ramen noodles. Surely, an all-in-one, high-end commercial dog food is more nutritious than a diet of white flour and fat,
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