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  • 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.
  • Dr. Bruce Syme on five tell-tale signs of poor pet nutrition.
  • 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!)
  • ​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
  • The history of the TC Feline 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
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