| Does raw meat breed worms in pets? This is a | | | | and healthy part of every living being's digestive tract. |
| common belief. However, it is an unfounded one and | | | | They have an essential role to play in the digestion and |
| the aim of this article is to take you through the logical | | | | absorption of nutrients. However, when things are not |
| steps why this is not so. There is a huge amount of | | | | quite right, these can breed out of control. And it is this |
| misinformation about. Where it comes from is | | | | proliferation that causes the problems, not the bacteria |
| anybody's guess. But some is most probably started | | | | or worms themselves. |
| by those with a vested interest in you buying their | | | | Raw food digests quickly and easily compared with |
| product. Let's examine the evidence that Dr Edward | | | | cooked food. Cooked food is more difficult to digest |
| Bach, an eminent Harley Street doctor in London who | | | | as many nutrients have been changed or destroyed, |
| went on to become a homeopath, discovered. Later | | | | including enzymes and protein. This prolonged period in |
| still he created the famous Bach flower remedies. | | | | the digestive tract leads to an increase in bacteria and |
| Since then, other flower remedies in different countries | | | | parasitic worms. Wild dogs and cats, the ancestors of |
| have sprung up, but Edward Bach instigated this | | | | your domestic pet, have evolved on this diet of quality |
| movement. | | | | raw meat and bones diet for millions of years. Their |
| Dr Bach discovered that when people ate all raw food, | | | | digestive tract is perfectly suited to this healthy diet. |
| their stool was easily eliminated, had virtually no odour | | | | As so often happens, the truth has been turned upside |
| and contained little bacteria or parasites. This was in | | | | down for someone's profit. Thinking things through |
| stark contrast to those who consumed a typical | | | | logically can often lead you to a completely different |
| cooked diet. Their stool was more foul, there were | | | | conclusion. Trust yourself more than others, whose |
| more digestive problems and there was a lot more | | | | motive may not be in your pet's best interests. |
| bacteria. Bacteria and parasitic worms are a normal | | | | |