For anyone using a premade food like valiant/visionary or perhaps ziwipeak, or even premade grinds for that matter and are then adding additional fat to increase the ketogenic ratio, take note:

Any food that is formulated as “balanced” is only nutritionally balanced when it’s served “as fed”, meaning if it’s then used as a “base food” and then fat added to increase ketogenic ratio, the meal is no longer nutritionally “balanced” to meet daily min. vitamin/mineral/nutrient level standards. I’m not posting this to scare people or single out any brands, but everyone needs to be aware. I never assume everyone has the same knowledge about pet nutrition, many of you may already know this, but many may not – we’re always learning and improving. Both of the above mentioned foods come in around a 1:1 ketogenic ratio as fed. critical nutrients like essential amino acids can be significantly reduced on a 2:1 ratio and even on a 1.5:1 home prepared raw keto meal, not to mention all the other vitamin and mineral levels that will also be diminished. If just ONE of these essential amino acids listed below in the picture is low or deficient the body cannot make specific proteins effectively. And proteins are the building blocks of cell growth, maintenance and repair. These amino acids are essential meaning they MUST come from the diet. it’s not optional. Now, on the other hand non-essential amino acids can be produced in the body and therefore are not essential to come from the diet alone.
In layman terms, Let’s just say you take your favorite choice of “balanced” premade food, and you’re adapting it to suite a 2:1 ratio. you very well may be only using HALF the amount of the actual food and the other half is coming in the form of your added fat to meet your total daily calories. so now your dog may only be getting HALF of the daily recommended nutrient levels since the “balanced” food is reduced. And this can also hold true for home prepared Raw keto .

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