The non-profit Consumer Wellness Center today posted a detailed nutritional review of 570 pet food ingredients commonly found in pet food products (both canned and dry). The list, created by a joint effort between pet food formulator Dr. Lisa Newman, N.D., Ph.D. (
www.Azmira.com), consumer health advocate Mike Adams (
www.HealthRanger.org) and the non-profit Consumer Wellness Center (
www.ConsumerWellness.org), tells the blatant truth about harmful, disease-promoting ingredients commonly used in pet
food products across North America. The complete list has been posted at
natural health news site NaturalNews.com:
http://www.NaturalNews.com/Report_pet_food_ingredients_0.htmlTo create the report,
Mike Adams and the CWC analyzed the
ingredients of 448 popular pet
food products sold in the
United States and organized the ingredients by frequency of appearance. Dr. Lisa Newman then provided a nutritional analysis and comment for each ingredient. Four lists were created:
1) Pet
food ingredients by rating (from 5 stars down to 1 star, with 5 stars indicating the best quality ingredients).
2) Pet food ingredients by frequency (sorted by how frequently they appear in pet food
products, from 96% down to 1%).
3) Pet food ingredients listed alphabetically (to make it easier for
consumers to reference ingredients they're curious about).
4) Worst
pet food ingredients (which lists all the 1-star ingredients, indicating low- quality or hazardous ingredients).
"Given the atrocious track record of
pet food safety in the United States, we felt an urgent need to publish a tell-all reference guide that had the courage to reveal the truth about commonly used pet food ingredients," said Mike Adams, the executive director of the non-profit
Consumer Wellness Center. "Consumers desperately need to know what's really in their pet food, and there is an urgent need for the pet food industry to clean up its act and stop poisoning dogs, cats and other pets with toxic ingredients that cause cancer, diabetes and other diseases," Adams said.
Dr. Lisa Newman, N.D., Ph.D., is a pet food formulator and clinical
nutritionist with 20 years of experience. Her line of pet food products is called "
Azmira" and is available at
www.Azmira.comMike Adams, aka the "Health Ranger," is an outspoken consumer
health advocate and author of the book, "Natural Health Solutions and the Conspiracy to Keep You From Knowing About Them" available at
www.TruthPublishing.comBoth are pet owners and practicing holistic nutritionists who believe that good
nutrition is the key to preventing
disease and enhancing health.
About the author: Mike Adams is an award-winning journalist and holistic nutritionist with a mission to teach personal and planetary health to the public He has authored more than 1,800 articles and dozens of reports, guides and interviews on natural health topics, impacting the lives of millions of readers around the world who are experiencing phenomenal health benefits from reading his articles. Adams is an honest, independent journalist and accepts no money or commissions on the third-party products he writes about or the companies he promotes. In 2010, Adams created NaturalNews.TV, a natural living video sharing site featuring thousands of user videos on foods, fitness, green living and more. He's also a noted technology pioneer and founded a software company in 1993 that developed the HTML email newsletter software currently powering the NaturalNews subscriptions. Adams is currently the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit, and regularly pursues cycling, nature photography, Capoeira and Pilates. Known as the 'Health Ranger,' Adams' personal health statistics and mission statements are located at www.HealthRanger.org
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