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We
always recommend talking with a veterinarian Click here to find a Holistic Veterinarian near you!
Click subjects below
for more information regarding
Raw Diets
& the Real Facts about
Steve's Real
Food formulas
Please find more links below regarding research compiled by
Steve's Real Foods, Inc.:
Pet Food Forum (2002) Proper Raw Diets and AAFCO Pros
& Cons The Case: Raw Pet Foods
Also, if you don’t find
answers to your questions
please email us at info@stevesrealfood.com
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What
is the Steve's Real Food difference?
Why are raw pet
foods healthier?
Steve's Real
Food for Pets is better for one simple reason, only raw food
contains all the nutrients food has to offer. Fruits
and vegetables are not included as fillers, they are natural
sources of enzymes, vitamins, minerals and much more.
They help to make
our formulas complete and balanced, naturally. Any
cooking at all destroys a huge number of known and unknown
micronutrients. These micronutrients, such as enzymes,
phytochemicals, complete families of antioxidants and
flavonoids, vitamins and minerals simply cannot be replaced (not with additives
and not with supplements). Natural Whole Raw Foods Are The
Foods that Nature Intended!
This is vitally important
because, while studies have proven that fruit and
vegetable-rich diets can lower cancer incidents and other diet
related aliments they can not
pinpoint the particular nutrients that provide these benefits.
As we said above, to get all the nutrition food has to
offer, it must be raw!
Are
raw foods safe for all dogs, even puppies and kittens?
The answer is
yes, Steve's Real Food for Pets is made for all ages and
stages of your pets life. Steve's is great for
puppies, kittens, young and older dogs or cats. If
your pet has never had raw foods before mix Steve's with
your current pet food. Start slowly with just a couple
nuggets. Then gradually increase the amount of Steve's
while decreasing the amount of other pet food. This
allows for a smooth transition and easy digestion!
Click here for our feeding
chart
Why
is Steve's more than just meat?
Canine and
feline nutritional requirements reflect the evolutionary
experience extending hundreds of thousands of years.
Until recently, pets always ate a diet based upon real raw
foods. Scientists are learning the values of
phytochemicals, antioxidents, bioflavonoids, enzymes and
essential fatty acids (especially Omega-3). New
research is focusing on the cancer fighting properties of
phytochemicals and enzymes. Tens of thousands of
phytochemicals occur naturally in fruits and vegetables
along with thousands of enzymes are in raw foods.
The
next key point is balance. Just giving your dog or cat a
portion of raw meat is not appropriate. A true raw diet is
balanced with specific portions of meat, fruit and
vegetables. In the case of Real
Food For Pets, the diet is based on a dog or cat’s
“evolutionary diet.” In other words, it replicates what
a dog or cat would eat in the wild—in its natural state.
When these animals hunted prey, they not only ate the meat
and the bones but the digested food of the prey as well.
This contained fruits and vegetables. In round figures, the
ratio is 75% meat, 25% fruit and vegetables for the dog
food, and for cats, true carnivores, about 90% meat and 10%
fruit and vegetables. These are the ratios used by Real
Food For Pets.
What
about E.coli, Salmonella and other microbes?
Is
raw meat safe?
Steve's Real
Food uses only the highest quality (100% human-quality)
ingredients, but this is a very
legitimate concern, and is often the first question pet
owners have. It is also an easy question to answer. Properly
prepared raw meat-based diets are very safe for dogs and
cats. Always be sure to use safe
handling procedures including washing hands, bowls, counter
tops & utensils used for raw feeding.
We regularly test our foods for our guaranteed analysis, Salmonella, E.coli
0157-H7,
& Campylobacter (click
here for our latest test results) to ensure our products safety. We
also test our foods for hormones, antibiotics, and pesticides (our food sources are of
such high quality that residues are
very unlikely, but we love our pets too much to take any
chances).
We then instant flash freeze at -50 degrees our foods to
eliminate the possibility of parasites. This also
locks in the freshness of the vital nutrients raw foods have
to offer.
What
is your normal PH level of your food, is it good for dogs and
cats with kidney, urinary and other issues?
Yes, a
balanced raw pet food like Steve's Real Food for Pets can
help support and maintain your pets bodies naturally.
Steve's is great for both dogs and cats with stones,
crystals or other issues associated with internal
dysfunction. Our target PH for our foods are a normal
acid level of 6.2 - 6.4.
What
type of ingredients do you use? Why not organic?
Steve's Real
Food uses only Human Grade, 100% certified USDA inspected
raw meats, fruits and
vegetables. We do not just buy meat off the open
market, we want assurance that our ingredients are only
grown or produced in the USA. We use certified natural whole foods not
organic ingredients for the simple reason of supply &
demand. Organic ingredients are somewhat volatile in
the human consumption market. While 100% natural ingredients
without
hormones, antibiotics, pesticides, and other chemicals etc.
have been found to be just as nutritious and safe.
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