Resources

• Why dry food is a bad idea


• Decoding pet food labels


• Homemade food preparation


• Fine tuning your cat nutrition knowledge


• Support and action

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Why Dry Food Is Such A Bad Idea

• Journal of the American Veterinary Association, 1 December 2002 (Volume 221, Number 11), Timely Topics in Nutrition, "The Carnivore Connection to Nutrition in Cats", Debra L. Zoran
  
  
• The TC Feline website - too many wonderful essays and articles to summarize here; this is an absolutely indispensable treasure trove of credible information by a pioneer in raw cat food feeding world
  
  

• Terri Grow's wonderful synopsis on "10 Cat Food Myths"

• Michelle Bernard's online essay on "The Truth About Dry Cat Food"
  


• Raising Cats Naturally, by Michelle Bernard
  


• "Feeding Your Cat: Know the Basics of Feline Nutrition", by Lisa Pierson, DVM
  


• Your Cat: Simple Secrets to a Longer, Stronger Life, by Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins
  
  

• Commentary from a 2003 American Veterinary Medical Association Convention on the "Catkins Diet"


• Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins' online material on links between feline diet, diabetes, and obesity.

• Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food, by Ann N. Martin and Michael W. Fox (New Sage Press)
  


• Letter to Tim Loughton, MP, from Chrissie Nicholls, Head of Information and Media Services, British Veterinary Association, 15 December 2004

Demystifying Pet Food Labeling

• What the information on pet food labels tells you and what it doesn't tell you: A Cook College Pet Seminar, April 10, 1994, by David A. Dzanis, DVM, Ph.D., DACVN, Center for Veterinary Medicine
  


• FDA information for consumers on marketing a pet food product
  

Getting Educated on the Essentials of Raw Feeding Yourself So You're Not Just Using This Website for Information Which Will Probably Really Freak Out Your Vet

• The Feline Nutrition Education Society website
  
  
• A Vet's View on Raw Feeding, by Dr. Andrea Tasi
  
  
• The "Raw Fed Cats" e-book; all about the "whole prey model" and how to feed a cat raw without grinding anything
  
  

• Dr. Debra Zoran's seminal JAVMA article on The Carnivore Connection to Nutrition in Cats (share this with your vet!)
  
  

• Nutritional Analysis Tool, University of Illinois (this thing is awesome)


• National Academy of Sciences, Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats
  


• Committee on Animal Nutrition (National Research Council), Nutrient Requirements of Cats (free PDF executive summary here)
  


• USDA National Nutrient Database
  


• A brief, but very sensible essay on the importance of following a tested recipe and not casually improvising when preparing a homemade diet

Fine Tuning Your Knowledge of Cat Nutrition

• Manage and prevent feline diabetes, and learn about the profound role of diet in feline diabetes from Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins
  
  
• French translation by Susan Holt of of two very important excerpts from of Dr. Hodgkins' book:  "The cat is not a small dog", pages 4,5,6,7 and  "A lesson in pet food technology", pages 130, 131.
  
  
• The history of the Raw Meat Cat Food Company, led by an early adopter and trailblazer in the field of healthy raw feeding for cats, Natascha Wille
  


• Pottenger's Cats: A Study in Nutrition, available from the Price-Pottenger Foundation
  


• A list of some of the better commercial canned foods available, by Dr. Lisa Pierson
  

Support and Action

• The Feline Nutrition Education Society (FNES)
  
  
• Raw feeding support and information in French
  
  
• UK support and action group on raw feeding, United Kingdom Raw Meaty Bones
  
  
• Finding a raw-savvy veterinarian, a wonderful resource provided by the Feline Nutrition Education Society