The BARF diet signifying Biologically Appropriate Raw Food is a new way of feeding animals based on raw meat, bones, carcasses, fresh fish and offal. Meat occupies a central place, at the heart of the BARF diet: full of natural and unprocessed proteins.
This raw food biologically appropriate ideally respects the carnivorous nature of each animal. So when a BARF meal improves health your dog or cat, it’s time to test it. Our Zoomalia experts are looking into the question of a excellent food balance for our animals. Read this devouring article and discover the many benefits of organic raw food suitable for each individual’s carnivorous species.
The BARF diet: the predator par excellence
The 100% natural BARF diet has a direct impact on the health of your pet. All proteins remain intact, no preservatives, no industrial processing, which guarantees a ultra healthy food daily to live longer.
Many owners of dogs, cats or ferrets become followers of theBARF power supply because of the poor quality of croquettes or pâtés they find on the market.
Indeed, the agro-food industry has disappointed a lot of masters about the composition of industrial foods and their processing: additives, preservatives, chemicals, cereals, gluten, corn or soy flour, pulp of beetroot, starch, lack of quality meat or meat waste. These added nutrients cause indigestion and long-term transit problems. Also, their immune system is weakened because of pronounced deficiencies, serious diseases occur such as cancers, tumors, allergies, or hormonal dysfunction.
For feed your animals well faithful, the BARF diet offers to compose homemade meals. In their bowl, you will find fresh meat, fleshy bones, offal, salmon oil, cooked vegetables, a vitamin mixture for the well-being and health of your four-legged friend. Be careful, you will add fruit and vegetables for our dog friends, while for cats or ferrets, you will only serve meat or fish.
The quality of raw materials in the manufacture of croquettes or pâtés is extremely important. Then choose Optimus grain-free croquettes or a balanced BARF.
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The advantages and disadvantages of BARF
Accessible to all, you should know the benefits of this type of diet and the downsides of using such a diet. It’s up to you to decide if you are ready to adopt it.
BARF: A balanced and rationed dosage
Rations prepared according to the BARF principle will be low in carbohydrates, rich in protein and low in calories. You will find that your pet is more full, which limits weight gain. Chewing is solicited thus improving the sometimes sensitive digestion of the animal. Finally, the palatability of the homemade dish will be a real taste pleasure for your pet.
A balanced dosage is necessary to perfect a good BARF recipe. You will ensure to provide 80% raw meat or fleshy bones and 20% vegetables or fruits. You can add natural supplements in food such as vegetable oil, fish oil, brewer’s yeast, spirulina, aromatic herbs. The ideal is to freeze your case of meat from French agriculture for the week.
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Finally, prepare your recipes with love and care and think about boil the meat in court bouillon for 3 minutes at 70 ° in order to retain its original nutritional values and kill certain bacteria.
Raw food for my cat
Your domestic cat regularly consumes dry food or a wet feed. It will be more difficult to make him adopt the food transition, but not impossible.
Certainly, cats love to chase birds, mice, lizards or other living creatures in the garden. The feline digestive system is adapted to the consumption of this kind of prey.
You will therefore use meat, fresh offal, vitamins and minerals essential, and some fiber for better digestion. For example, fish oil, brewer’s yeast, taurine are natural supplements that strengthen the health of your furball.
Make a BARF recipe for cats, an ultra simple typical dish:
- Fillet of poultry or lamb, fleshy bones, liver and offal completely raw;
- Egg yolk to bind everything together;
- Salmon oil.
Raw meat for my dog
The dog being a carnivorous animal in its purest form, it is already delighted to devour its food like its wild prey.
Feeding your dog raw meat requires a chewing optimal food, unlike cans or pâtés. Its teeth are healthier, its joints more robust, its growth optimized and exposure to common diseases reduced (osteoarthritis, arthritis, etc.).
You perfectly meet the specific nutritional needs of the animal. You will select from raw meat boneless, but not only: bone without fragments, organ meats, fruit and vegetable puree, essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals are some of the raw ingredients your dog needs.
Here is an easy-to-make BARF dog recipe:
You can replace your vegetables with a premium mix suitable for your dog’s BARF diet. These flakes can enrich your pet’s personalized recipe.
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BARF food revolutionizes the feeding of our pets. Provided it is well supervised and advised by an animal nutrition specialist, this natural diet avoids complications on the health of an animal: stop inflammatory skin diseases, kidney infections, cancerous pathologies or degenerative diseases.
Prepare your companion’s bowl yourself by giving natural products, fit for human consumption. This special preparation composed of pieces of raw meat is a guarantee of trust and reliability. Barfeurs, followers of the BARF diet, are already convinced of this.
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