Dogs and Cats Eating Grass - WHY?

While there are competing theories regarding why dogs and cats consume grass, a number of studies have yet to demonstrate a conclusive answer. Here’s a brief overview of the current speculation …

• They simply like the taste and texture of the grass and eating it provides a sense of satisfaction
• It’s an ancestral thing – prey of wild dogs and cats frequently have grasses in their intestinal system, and domesticated dogs and cats still yearn for grass in the diet
• Our companion animals know of some nutritional value in grasses that we’ve yet to uncover (like antioxidants or similar)
• They do it to provoke vomiting if they’ve eaten something that has upset their stomachs
• They are augmenting their keen sense of smell with taste to uncover more about their environments

Although we may never know the exact reason why, we do know that this is one of the most often asked questions of vets to date. If you notice excessive grass-eating with either your dog or cat, you should consult with your veterinarian.

Thanks to Lifes Abundance Premium Dog Food for this interseting article.

New Products at the Wholefood Farmacy!

Feburary 12, 2007
The Wholefood Farmacy is adding three new items to our product line. We are adding a new flavor to our Phi Plus line called Coco Cherry Phi Plus. Also TropiPhi is now going to be available in an 8 oz. bag as well as the 1 lb. bags. And last but not least we have redesigned our New You Resolution Pantry to offer more of a varity as well as offering it to you at a lower price than was previously available. In the near future look for Christmas Corn to be renamed and released in a new package.

TropiPhi TropiPhi is the "Rolls Royce" of raw food. It is a great source of fiber, protein, and unsaturated fats (good fats). It contains all natural fibers and no cholesterol. All sugars are raw and "complex" for slow digestion. TropiPhi is a delicious tropical treat handcrafted from macadamia nuts, walnuts, brazil nuts, pineapple, papaya, mango, bananas, coconut flakes, brown rice, & orange oil. All ingredients are raw. Nourish your body the TropiPhi way!
1 lb. Bag Retail $42.50 / Wholesale $29.95
8 oz. Bag Retail $23.95 / Wholesale $16.95

New You Resolution PantryThe New You Resolution Pantry includes 2 Phi Plus, 2 Cranberry Phi 8 oz., 2 Veggielicious Spice, 1 Fruitalicious Plus, 1 Stardust 2Hydr8, 1 Cornaborealis, 1 Souper Sampler, 1 Smooth E Sample, 1 Corn of Plenty, 1 Buckey Ball Matrix, 1 Tropiphi and 1 4 oz. sample of Coco Cherry Phi. A great selection of foods, a great value, and a great way to "jump start" your health.

The New You Resolution Retail $279.95 / Wholesale $199.95

Coco Cherry Phi is a delicious treat that has anti-oxidants, raw nutrients and whole grain goodness.

8 oz. Bag Retail $14.95 / Wholesale $9.95
4 oz. Bag Retail $10.95 / Wholesale $6.95

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Wholefood Farmacy: Water & Heart Disease

April 25, 2002 (press release)
Loma Linda University reveals first study on correlation between high water intake and lowered coronary heart disease
Jacqueline Chan, DrPH and Synnove Knutsen, MD, PhD
In 1999, nearly 530,000 people died from coronary heart disease. More than half of them had no previous symptoms of heart disease. Drinking high levels of water can significantly reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, say researchers at Loma Linda University.
In a press conference held Thursday, April 25, the results of a study to be published in the American Journal of Epidemiology (Vol. 155, No.9) reveal that drinking high amounts of plain water is as important as exercise, diet, or not smoking in preventing coronary heart disease.
“Basically, not drinking enough water can be as harmful to your heart as smoking,” warns Jacqueline Chan, DrPH, principle investigator and lead author of the article.
Dr. Chan and Synnove Knutsen, MD, PhD , second author, chair of epidemiology department, found that California Seventh-day Adventists who drink five or more glasses of plain water a day have a much lower risk of fatal coronary heart disease compared to those who drink less than two glasses per day.
The study, “Water, Other Fluids, and Fatal Coronary Heart Disease,” indicates that whole blood viscosity, plasma viscosity, hematocrit, and fibrinogen which are considered independent risk factors for coronary heart disease, can be elevated by dehydration.
The water study is part of the original Adventist Health Study, which began in 1973. Both researchers are also coinvestigators for the new Adventist Health Study.
The results from this study show that by drinking more plain water, healthy people—without any history of heart disease, stroke, or diabetes—reduced their risk of dying from a heart attack by half or more. This is as much or more than if they had adopted any other well-known preventive measure, including stopping smoking and lowering cholesterol levels, increasing exercise or maintaining ideal weight.
While not as glamorous, the degree of benefit from drinking plain water surpasses that of drinking a moderate amount of alcohol intake and aspirin with none of the adverse side effects (social or physiological). Because drinking more plain water is a simple lifestyle change that anybody can do, this simple practice has the potential of saving tens of thousands of lives each year with minimal cost.
Neither total fluid intake, nor intake of other fluids combined showed this reduced risk. Instead, for women, high intake (5 or more glasses a day) of other fluids showed a greatly increased risk of coronary heart disease.
“People need to be made aware that there is a difference, at least for heart health, whether they get their fluids from plain water or from sodas,” says Dr. Chan.
According to Dr. Chan, this is the first study to record the association between high water intake and reduced risk of coronary heart disease.
“This study needs to be replicated, and if similar results are found, then this would be the cheapest and simplest method of preventing coronary heart disease that could be imagined,”adds Gary Fraser, MD, PhD, cardiologist at the LLU Heart Institute, and principal investigator for the new Adventist Health Study.