Foundation of health, begins with what we put into our body and how we deal with stress for our animal friend and ourselves. Every one of us is born with a constitution some have really strong healthy constitutions and others like myself have a sensitive constitution. For any of us too much stress over a long period of time can wear us down. Stress can show up many ways.   

Environmental stress from pollution and chemicals in the food are a few stressors which affect our physical and emotional state of well being. Eating whole organically grown foods without pesticides and herbicides, free run, grass fed, land roaming foods have a huge impact on our physical and emotional health.(See LIVER HEALTH in chart section).

Whole foods are very complex; they are full of necessary nutrients, vitamins, antioxidants, essential fats, essential amino acids, enzymes, minerals and trace minerals. Minerals and trace minerals are essential for absorption and utilization of all other nutrients. (See MINERALS AND TRACE MINERALS in chart section).

Foods also have five flavours:  bitter, sour, pungent, sweet and salty, as well as energetics: cold, cool, neutral, warm and hot. All this affects how we utilize our foods. (See FLAVOUR OF FOOD in chart section). All these foods and herbs/plants help keep us in balance with our environment. Absorbing nutrients and eliminating toxins is really key to well being, physically and emotionally.

 

 Animals require macro and micronutrients just as we do and if you stand them upright their systems are in the same place as ours. Because dogs and cats secrete a higher amount of hydrochloric acid (HCL) they are able to eat meat raw and dissolve raw bones without ill affects. Hydrochloric acid is secreted from the stomach lining when we eat proteins and fats. When secreted it destroys bad bacteria and produces good bacteria as well as B vitamins and amino acids to be absorbed in the small intestines.

Animals also have human emotions, (See BACH REMEDY in chart section) and when people friends are under too much stress it can affect our animal’s digestive tract, nervous and immune systems. Eating dry and or canned foods also has a huge impact on the digestive tract and immune system,  as well as on the liver, gallbladder, kidneys, urinary bladder, nervous system, muscular/skeletal system and the endocrine system (thyroid, adrenals, pituitary, thymus…). The beauty of food and herbs is their amazing properties, some of which destroy bad bacteria, viruses, and parasites. The body is designed to take the complexity from whole foods so it can be used by the complexity of the body. 

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