About Resoration Raw - Vet Recipe
Complete Ingredient List For "Restoration Raw - Vet Recipe" Pet Food
The 100% Grass Fed Beef Ingredient
Our MEAT SOURCE is 100% GRASS-FED beef, raised humanely on family farms without hormones, antibiotics or other chemicals. Our livestock have never been confined in a feedlot and thus avoid the many and significant health-challenging problems that come from feedlot confinement. We use only the parts of the animal that are human-edible. Our muscle meat is close to the bone and cartilage, we also use the heart, liver, and kidneys, parts humans should eat but quite often don’t, thus making an excellent ecological utilization while truly serving the appetites and well-being of the dogs who eat Restoration Raw Vet Recipe.
1) FRESH MUSCLE MEATS -this provides a rich source of proteins and minerals to build and nourish strong bodies. The delicious flavor also permeates the entire mix of food. The smell actually triggers digestive enzymes and stomach acid to begin working. This is the primal ingredient of all dog diets.
2) FATS AND OILS - Fat from 100% grass-fed livestock is loaded with Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) and they are in an ideal ratio. On the other hand, fat from animals raised in confinement or fattened in feedlots are too high in the inflammation-generating Omega 6 fat (with ratios as high as 20:1 over health -promoting Omega 3 fat). The fat in Restoration raw contains the ideal ratio of Omega 6: Omega 3 of 1:1. The fat we include in our recipe is also high in Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA), which is one of the most precious and most healing substances found in any diet for any species. Science is still exploring all the benefits of CLA, but they certainly include cancer prevention and prevention of degenerative conditions such as cardiovascular disease. These “good fats” contribute to a healthy skin and coat, bright eyes, supple joints and good immunity. These fats are necessary for the absorption of the fat-soluble vitamins, A, D, E, K, and others.
3) FRESH ORGAN MEATS- are a part of all natural diets for dogs. The ideal ratio of organ meat is approximately 10% of the total meat intake, which mimics the natural diet in the wild as it represents the same proportion found in birds and other prey. 100% grass-fed animals have extremely healthy organs. The liver, a storehouse of vitamins, enzymes and minerals, is fresh and clean-smelling. Other important organs we include are the kidneys.
The Sprouted Grain Ingredient
All our grains are human-grade ORGANIC and FULLY SPROUTED. The sprouting is vital as it improves flavor, removes phytic acid and anti-nutrients, preserves the seed germ from oxidation or rancidity and increases the nutrient digestibility. Sprouting turns starches into digestible complex sugars and creates a LIVING food that transmits vitality to the animal that eats it. (all this applies to humans as well.)
Grains cause some digestibility problems when consumed in their seed form, but once the grain is soaked and sprouted it changes chemically and becomes more digestible. Phytic acid, which blocks absorption of minerals, and other anti-enzymes and anti-nutrients are washed away in the first soaking. Then much of the starch is converted to natural plant sugars that are easily assimilated. By avoiding rolled grains we avoid the problem of rancidity and spoilage completely.
The Vitamin / Mineral Nutriceutical Ingredients
Although the 100% grass fed beef and sprouted grains are very high in available nutrients, Will Winter’s clinical practice experience has shown that dogs and cats benefit from additional vitamin and mineral supplementation. Will has perfected this formula, called RESCUE ANIMAL PRODUCTS Foundation™. This formula consists of a blend of chelated (organically-bound) minerals, probiotics (beneficial bacteria), cleansing herbal bitters, dried greens, digestive enzymes, B-vitamins, fat-soluble vitamins, detoxifying, trace mineral-rich and pH-normalizing montmorillonite sea-bed clay, seasalt, dried kelp, and botanical immune-fuels.
