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Did you know that the pet food industry is largely unregulated? The pet foods that you pick up at the grocery store are made by companies owned by some of the largest companies in the world. These mega-companies make largely human consumer products and their pet foods are manufactured from the by-products that weren't fit for human consumption.

I know, I know. This sounds like a conspiracy theory, but it's true. What kind of things are they able to get away with? Pet foods are made with leftovers. It is well documented that these pet foods are manufactured with dead and rotting carcasses. These are often carcasses from animals that were diseased, sickly, or otherwise not fit for human consumption so they were used in pet food. These carcasses are gathered and sit around a lot rotting and putrefying often for days before it is their turn to make it into the pet food bag.

Other non-nutritional products like hooves and horns are also ground up and thrown into the mix. Have you ever wondered what happens to all that grease and oil that fries up those potatoes in fast food joints? Yup, it's true. Pet food companies buy leftover grease by the ton and use it as a coating on pet food that you may be giving your dog or cat. Why would they do that? Well, that grease is pretty tasty (albeit nutritionally abominable) to your pet. The pet food companies know that the unpalatable product they make will be eaten if they cover it with this leftover fat.

That's not all, though. Most commercial dog and cat foods are full of fillers, preservatives, baked in a manner that strips the food of nutrients, and so chemically treated that they resemble Twinkies more than they resemble nutrition for your pet.

What is the solution? Well, there are many but the first step is to switch to a premium food. Feed your pet a food that uses human grade ingredients, doesn't cram the food with fillers, and leaves out the chemical enhancers that give commercial pet food the shelf life of uranium.