TOP THREE DEATH CAUSING TOXIC CHEMICALS FOUND IN FOODS

By Dominic Tay

As a dog owner, you should be always looking for healthier dog food with higher quality.

The problem is, most dog owners believe that commercial dog foods are healthier choices. The truth is most of them are NOT. Read on to find out why.

Here are the top three death-causing toxic chemicals that can be found in most commercial dog foods:

Their devastating effects have led them to be banned from human consumption.

Sodium pentobarbital is the chemical that veterinarians use to put dogs and cats to ‘sleep’. This toxic chemical is found in some dog food labels and cannot be removed completely during food processing. When your dog eats those commercial dog foods, it is possible for this death-causing toxic to accumulate inside their body system permanently. When it reaches a toxic level, it will kill, if not, cause irreversible damages to your dog’s body system - eventually causing your dog to fall ill easily or result in organ failure.

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), BHT (butylated hydroxytolulene), ethoxyquin and propylene glycol are commonly used as fat stabilizers in dog foods as preservatives. BHA and BHT cause liver and kidney dysfunction while ethoxyquin is a potential cancer-causing agent. Hence, many companies have claimed that they moved away from using ethoxyquin. Another toxic chemical, propylene glycol, is found in many semi-moist dog foods and causes red blood cells destruction.

Lead, an extremely toxic heavy metal is also commonly found in pet foods. A research conducted in Massachusetts Institute of Technology published as "Lead in Animal Foods," presented one shocking discovery – A typical 9-pound cat was found to be ingesting, through commercial pet food, far more lead daily than the toxic level for children in their lifetime. Imagine that on your dog. And here is the worst part – heavy metals reside in body systems permanently. Heavy metals have known to cause nervous damage to animals when accumulated in their body systems.

This is a very real fact of some commercial dog foods. Not all commercial dog companies pumps all these materials into their dog food products. (Please assume responsibility for further researching the dog food label you choose to feed your dog and submit your questions to the dog food companies.)

If you truly want the best for your dog, then why not prepare meals yourself? At least you know you won’t be adding any unnecessary and deadly preservatives.