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| Pet health page is an assorment of articles and information by Dr. Bob & Susan Goldstein available as a sample to the more comprehensive "Love of Animals" newsletter available for puchase on the Earthanimal.com web site. We hope you and your pet will live a healthy, happier life through the information and products from earthanimal.com. |
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| How to choose the right diet for your animal's life stage-and your lifestyle |
| If you're like most folks, you pay careful attention to your own diet, making sure you get your daily servings of fresh fruits and vegetables, watching your saturated fat intake, and getting high quality proteins and carbohydrates. Most likely, you take a vitamin/ mineral supplement. But when it comes to your animal, do you play by the same rules? Without realizing it, many folks are giving their beloved dogs and cats the canine and feline equivalent of junk food. And their best friends are paying a terrible price. Young dogs and cats are showing up in veterinary offices with chronic conditions from skin disease and allergies to cancer, liver disease, diabetes and other complications. We've seen our share of heartbreaking cases through our 25 years of practice. But over and over again, we see health restored once animals are switched to a high-quality diet and vitamin program. We'll never forget Brandy, an English Springer Spaniel with the worst case of skin disease we'd ever seen. Within a few weeks on the Goldstein Food Plan, Brandy looked and felt like a new dog. Then there was Chica, an eight-year-old Pomeranian who rebounded from a kidney and liver crisis after she was introduced to natural foods, daily vitamins and fresh vegetables...and these are just two of hundreds of success stories in our files. read full article |
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| Allergy-Free Skin: |
The skin is your animal’s largest and most visible organ, but it does much more than provide the familiar outline of your dog or cat. Metabolically, the skin is an organ of elimination, facilitating the the removal of many toxins, such as those from chemical additives in food and the residues of drugs, pesticides and vaccines.
The process of detoxifying or metabolizing such body waste can cause the skin to become inflamed. It shouldn’t surprise you to hear that dermatological problems are the most common reason for veterinary visits. Itchy skin and self-trauma are signs that normal skin metabolism has been interrupted. However, the conventional treatment of giving cortisone, while often necessary for short-term relief, does not provide a long-term solution and can set the stage for chronic skin disease. read full article |
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