109: Dr. Karen Becker - Ultimate Pet Health: The Best Diet For Your Dog Or Cat • Alternatives To Traditional Spaying And Neutering (Part 1 of 2)

Dr. Karen Becker is a proactive and integrative wellness veterinarian. Her approach seeks to save you and your pet from unnecessary stress and suffering by identifying and removing health obstacles before disease occurs. Karen works with Dr. Mercola, providing cutting edge holistic pet information over on his website, Healthy Pets.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The best diet for dogs and cats
• How to easily reduce your dogs risk of cancer by 90%
• Aim for optimal nutrition for your pets, not the minimum
• It's good to rotate animal proteins
• How to make your own raw pet food at home
• Foods to never feed your dog or cat
• Every bite of dry kibble contains carcinogens
• Pathogens in raw food vs. dehydrated raw food
• How to slow down pets that gulp their food
• Can cats and dogs thrive on a vegan or vegetarian diet?
• The health issues related to early spaying and neutering
• Consider the ovary sparing technique or a vasectomy instead of traditional spaying and neutering

Related links:

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Dr. Karen Becker's website

Follow Dr. Karen Becker on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

Healthy Pets with Dr. Karen Becker on Mercola.com

Dr. Karen Becker - Dr. Becker's Real Food for Healthy Dogs and Cats (book)

Natural Pet Productions - no longer available

Mercola.com Parsemus Foundation

Related episodes:

110: Dr. Karen Becker – Ultimate Pet Health: Vaccines, Supplements, & Oral Care (Part 2 of 2)

082: Natasha Knutson – Next Level Pet Health | Superfoods For Super Dogs | Pets Aging Gracefully

187: Focus Friday – Ultimate Dog Health

078: Dr. Robynne Chutkan – Microbiome 101 | Stop Sanitizing Yourself Sick | Having A Dog Will Boost Your Health

287: Dr. Steven Gundry – The Longevity Paradox • Exercise Impacts Your Microbiome • Top Sources Of Polyphenols

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