Nutrients for Cats
Nutrients for cats provides nourishment for your kitty, this includes macromolecules (large molecules) such as proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids and micronutrients such as vitamins, minerals and water. These types of nutrients are the same for humans and other mammals like dogs. Dogs are omnivores like us (both meat and vegetable eaters). This is why dogs throughout the ages have eaten scraps from the dinner table. Because of this people think that they can also feed scraps to cats, but this is very wrong. The metabolism of cats is very different than dogs and humans. Cats have dietary requirements that are specifically feline. Cats are carnivores (meat eaters), they must have meat to maintain good health. Some humans who are vegetarians might prefer that their pets also be vegetarians. Dogs can, cats cannot. That is just the way Mother Nature intended cats to be, meat eaters! Cats that have a vegetarian diet can become very sick. This is because a vegetarian diet lacks certain amino acids (building blocks of proteins) that are only found in meat. Taurine is one of those essential amino acids that cats need. Taurine is absent in plants. Taurine deficiency will cause blindness and heart problems in cats. Cats are carnivores so they must have meat protein to maintain good vision and heart function. Go to this link for a very detailed and comprehensive article on
feeding your cat
written by Lisa A Pierson, DVM. She also provides her
cat food recipe
which she uses in her clinic to treat cat obesity.
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