Animal Nutrition

The definitive guide to feeding your dog a balanced, nutritious, and home-cooked raw diet—from the founder of a natural pets product company with over thirty years of experience Many people want to prepare their dog’s meals at home, but feel it is too complex. Raw and Natural Nutrition for...

Animal scientists have long considered domestic livestock to be too dumb to know how to eat right, but the lifetime research of animal behaviorist Fred Provenza and his colleagues has debunked this myth. Their work shows that when given a choice of natural foods, livestock have an astoundingly refined palate, nibbling through the day on as many as fifty kinds of grasses, forbs, and shrubs to meet their nutritional needs with remarkable precision.

Maynard Murray was a medical doctor who researched the crucial importance of minerals—especially trace elements—to plants and animals. Beginning in 1938 and continuing through the 1950s, Dr. Murray used sea solids—mineral salts remaining after water is evaporated from ocean water—as fertilizer on a variety of vegetables, fruits and grains. His extensive experiments demonstrated repeatedly and conclusively that plants fertilized with sea solids and animals fed sea-solid-fertilized feeds grow stronger and more resistant to disease. Sea Energy Agriculture recounts Murray's experiments ...

The Spirit of Animal Healing is chock-full of the very latest integrative medical knowledge (which combines conventional therapies with complementary and alternative medicine). Coupled with the vast amount of specialized expertise and learning Dr. Marty has gained from his own practice over the past 55 years, the book takes listeners on a journey to the leading edge of integrative veterinary understanding to achieve greater insight into the minds and bodies of their animal companions.

Easy, Budget-Friendly Activities to Keep Your Dog Happy, Engaged, and Calm—At Any Age or Energy Level Is your dog bored, anxious, or destructive—no matter how many walks or toys you give them? Does your pup chew furniture, bark excessively, or seem restless even after exercise? Wish you could tire them out mentally and physically—without spending a fortune or hours a day? You’re not alone. Most behavior problems stem from under-stimulation, not bad training. Enrichment Games for Dogs gives you dozens of simple, fun, and vet-approved activities to keep your dog’s brain and body ...

"Epic and engrossing." —The New York Times Book Review From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and pioneering journalist, an expansive look at how history has been shaped by humanity’s appetite for food, farmland, and the money behind it all—and how a better future is within reach...

If you're a woman over 40 struggling with stubborn weight gain, hormonal chaos, endless fatigue, or the frustrating symptoms of perimenopause and menopause, this book was written specifically for you. After years of following conventional dietary advice that left you feeling worse, not better, you deserve a different approach, one that actually works with your body's changing needs rather than against them. The carnivore diet represents a radical departure from mainstream nutritional guidance, but for thousands of women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond, it has provided the breakthrough they ...

In the wild, nature is the pharmacy and every animal its own practitioners. Monkeys, bears and birds protect themselves from insect bites and fungal infections by rubbing medicinal plants and insects into their skin. Chimpanzees carefully select anti-parasitic medicines to deal with parasites. Elephants roam miles to find the clay they need to help counter dietary toxins. And birds help their chicks by lining their nests with aromatic leaves. Wild Health explores the behavioral strategies animals use to maintain health, many of which may be relevant to the improved animal husbandry and ...

French Bulldog Training. Are You Ready to Bone Up and Easily Train Your French Bulldog?Because this French Bulldog Training Book begins From the Car Ride Home. Like, now. When it counts. When it matters to you, your pup, and your family, from Day One. Today. Okay? Day one makes the success difference in training your French bulldog. From the car ride home, is the critical moment to begin communicating with your dog at your pup’s level. There’s a name for it too. It’s called ‘Dogmanship,’ and your dog craves it. Fact, it’s the key difference in the Bone-Up dog training system ...

There is no denying that the emotional bond between horses and the humans who love them can reach mystical proportions, and nowhere is that relationship more evident than in these 24 true-life accounts of horses rescuing people. Many of the stories recount incidents where death or physical injury was imminent, and only because a horse intervened are the narrators alive to tell the tale.

A heartfelt, humane, and even hilarious account of why rule-obsessed veganism fails and how a focus on flourishing can bring about an abundant future for all In Hungry Beautiful Animals, philosopher Matthew C. Halteman shows us how—despite all the forces arrayed against going vegan—we can...

What if the greatest misunderstanding in human health is not what we eat, but what our anatomy has always been telling us? In The Meat Effect, Jesse J. Jacoby & Anthony Lowther dismantle the cultural myths surrounding flesh consumption through the lens of physiology, biochemistry, microbiome ecology, and spiritual biology. This groundbreaking work reveals the measurable ways meat disrupts human biology, from endotoxins and acid load to hormonal imbalance, inflammation, vascular damage, and accelerated aging. Through poetic science and meticulous research, the authors show why the human body...

Perfect for high-energy breeds like labradors, german shepherds, border collies, belgian malinois, and jack russell terriers—dogs who don’t just need a walk…they need a job, a challenge, and a calm, confident leader. This book shows you exactly how to become that leader—and it only takes 10 minutes a day.

The Hidden Risks of Meat: A Threat to Health, Humanity, and the Planet is a captivating exploration of the often-overlooked dangers associated with meat consumption. It presents a compelling case for embracing a plant-based lifestyle, taking readers on a thought-provoking journey that challenges conventional dietary norms and highlights the multifaceted consequences of consuming animal products. Drawing on compelling evidence and real-world examples, this book explores how meat, far from being a harmless dietary choice, carries hidden risks that jeopardize personal health, ethical values, ...

Since the 1987 publication of Diet for a New America, beef consumption in the United States has fallen a remarkable 19 percent. While many forces are contributing to this dramatic shift in our habits, Diet for a New America is considered to be one of the most important. Diet for a New America is a startling examination of the food we currently buy and eat in the United States and the astounding moral, economic, and emotional price we pay for it.

How a mysterious, super-powerful—yet long-neglected—microbe rules our world and can rescue our health in the age of antibiotic resistance. At every moment, within our bodies and all around us, trillions of microscopic combatants are waging a war that shapes our health and life on Earth...

It’s a cat’s world! In the United States and Europe, there are even more cats kept as pets than dogs. All of these cats mean there are also millions of owners who need to care for them! Young listeners will learn the ins and outs of daily cat care, symptoms of some common illnesses, and countless tips for how to keep cats in tip-top shape.

Are you tired of the War between Vegans and Carnivores? For decades, we’ve been told to pick a side. But what if the Vegan, the Carnivore, and the Keto dieter were all right—just about different things? In Volume 1 of this groundbreaking 10-volume series, David Michael Curtis introduces the "Unifying Theory of Health," a decision framework that empowers you to stop following "gurus" and start acting as the "Domestic Researcher" for your own family. Instead of a one-size-fits-all prescription, this book provides you with a Menu of Options, translating complex medical jargon into plain ...

Learn How to Thrive on the Carnivore Diet Unlock a Sustainable Approach to Animal-Based Nutrition Carnivore for Life invites you to rediscover the amazing potential of a nose-to-tail, meat-based diet. Drawing from anthropological research and human evolutionary nutrition, this scientific, no-nonsense guide offers a clear and practical approach to rebalancing your body through nutrition. For millions of years, animal foods have served as humanity’s primary source of nourishment. However, recently, the industrialization of the global food supply and the rise of highly processed foods have ...

**Discover Thriving Herds Unveiling the Secrets to Optimal Livestock Environments** Are you ready to embark on a transformative journey that will elevate the well-being and productivity of your livestock? Look no further! "Thriving Herds" is your comprehensive guide to creating thriving environments that cater to the complex needs of various livestock species. Opening with a deep dive into the essentials of livestock health and welfare, this guide uncovers the critical components that every livestock caretaker must understand – from the basic needs unique to each animal to the ...