Scientist Dr Peter Dingle says dogs are fed better than children
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He said for breakfast or a treat his dog gets chicken or beef, corn, vegetable protein concentrate, omega 3 oils, sorghum, iodised salt, potassium chloride, slippery elm, psyllium husk, taurine, choline, chloride, lucerne meal, marigold meal, tomato powder, zinc sulphate, iron sulphate, selenium, vitamins B1, B2, B3, B12, E, C and folic acid, which is found in advanced nutrient pet food such as Advance.
In contrast, the breakfast cereal fed to our kids such as Froot Loops, Coco Pops, Nutri-Grain or even Cornflakes – includes vitamins B1, B2, B3, folate and iron – in a non-digestible form – as well as lots of sugar and salt.
“Is it any wonder why I would not feed children’s breakfast cereal to my pets?” he said.
Children should be eating breakfasts of rolled oats topped with nuts and fruit, such as unprocessed muesli, or an old-fashioned breakfast of spinach, tomato and an egg.
They should also be eating plenty of fruit, vegetables, nuts, legumes and fish.
Foods to avoid includes anything highly processed, such as frankfurts and anything with additives, particularly 102, 107, 104, 110, 120, 122, 123, 124, 127, 129, 132, 133, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160b, 168, 173, 250, 251, 252, 282, 320, 321, 420, 421, 621 (MSG) 622, 624, 627,631, 635, and 951 (Nutrasweet, Aspartame).
“It’s OK to have a treat once a week such as white bread or corn flakes,” he said.
“We feed farm dogs better food because we can’t afford them to get sick.
“If humans get sick, instead of giving them plenty of good food we spend thousands of dollars on pharmaceuticals. We have got it around the wrong way.”
