ps ...WHY when reading the AWEFUL state of toxins in meat based pet foods....are these not more widely realised until RECALLS killing clearly dogs and cats in immediate cases get highlighted ?
TOO MANY INTERESTS INVOLVED is clear of big business...
Dr Richard Pitcairn
October 14, 2018
I just saw a video promotion by Dr. Marty Goldstein, who has developed his own cat food product. The claim is great health for cats that eat it, however when you look at the ingredients it is rather shocking. It is almost entirely meat and organs from animals. It even includes salmon which I am guessing is farm raised since wild salmon is both difficult to acquire in today’s dwindling oceans and also very expensive. What is shocking is how this formula is promoted as the most natural and healthy and absolutely NO mention of the toxic chemicals that will be in these meats and eggs that will accumulate in the cats that are eating them. Why is it that so many veterinarians that call themselves “holistic” are not aware of this? It is not a secret.
Because they are eating so high on the food chain (like most people) they will be getting a significant load of these environmental chemicals which eventually have effects on their health. In the first study of its kind, the Environmental Working Group found that American pets are polluted with even higher levels of many of the same synthetic industrial chemicals that researchers have recently found in people.
The results of the study shows that America’s pets are serving as involuntary sentinels of the widespread chemical contamination that scientists increasingly link to a growing array of health problems across a wide range of animals—wild, domesticated and human.
Dogs and cats were contaminated with 48 of 70 industrial chemicals tested, including 43 chemicals at levels higher than those typically found in people, according to the study of plastics and food packaging chemicals, heavy metals, fire retardants, and stain-proofing chemicals in pooled samples of blood and urine from 20 dogs and 37 cats collected at a Virginia veterinary clinic.
Teflon chemicals: PFCs (Perfluorochemicals) were 2.4 times higher than in people.
Fire retardants: PBDEs (Polybrominated diphenyl ethers): 23.4 times higher than in people.
Mercury: 5.4 times higher than in people.
Average levels of many chemicals were substantially higher in pets than is typical for people, with 2.4 times higher levels of stain- and grease-proof coatings (perfluorochemicals) in dogs, 23 times more fire retardants (PBDEs) in cats, and more than 5 times the amounts of mercury, compared to average levels in people found in national studies conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Environmental Working Group.
It is very important to understand that these chemicals accumulate in the tissues of animals that are picking them up from the environment — animals in pastures and feedlots. When these animals are then killed and eaten by other animals, the dose just increases exponentially.
The highest amount will be on those animals eating the most meat and dairy products as this is where the dose of these substances is the greatest (thousands or millions greater than found in the soil or water).
How can these facts be ignored by veterinarians? It is a mystery to me. It is like a blind spot. Perhaps they think these findings are not real? That the studies flawed? The Environmental Working Group collected blood and urine from dogs and cats to do the analysis. It is difficult to see how it could be done more accurately. Nonetheless, the results are ignored and the message of feeding large quantities of meat to dogs and cats goes on. We can only hope that some day there will be an awakening of understanding
Dr. Pitcairn Bio
BIOGRAPHY FOR RICHARD H. PITCAIRN, D.V.M., PH.D.
1941— Born in Los Angeles, California.
1965— Graduated from veterinary school at the University of California, Davis.
1965—1966— Mixed practice in Rialto, California.
1966—1967— Instructor in large animal medicine, Washington State University.
1966—1971— Full-time graduate school. Major = Veterinary microbiology & immunology; minor = Biochemistry. Taught laboratory virology.
1972— Ph.D. in veterinary microbiology and immunology from Washington State University. Thesis research on cellular foreign histocompatibility antigen recognition. While at WSU, was an assistant professor on the veterinary school faculty; taught public health and epizootiology to 4th year veterinary students; participated in research projects using tissue culture, virus isolation and assay, and electron microscopy.
1973—1978— Positions in small animal practice–Eugene, Oregon and Indio, California; relief work in Oregon and California.
1978—1984— Worked as staff veterinarian at the Monterey County SPCA.
1978—1985— Private practice in Santa Cruz, California, emphasizing homeopathy, herbs and nutrition as treatment modalities.
1978—1987— Wrote monthly column, “Your Healthy Pet,” for Prevention Magazine. Circulation: 2 million.
1981— Wrote, with Susan Pitcairn, first edition of Natural Health for Dogs and Cats (Rodale Press). Sales exceeded 230,000.
1985— Santa Cruz Workshop; Basic principles of homeopathy.
1985—1986— President of the Board, the International Foundation for Homeopathy.
1985—1996— Director, Animal Natural Health Center, Inc., a private practice and teaching clinic in Eugene, Oregon, with emphasis on homeopathy and nutrition as treatment modalities.
1986— Death Valley Workshop; Integrating homeopathy into clinical practice.
1987— Monterey Workshop; Remedy pictures of dogs and cats.
1988— Eugene Workshop; Obstacles to mastering homeopathy.
1989— Grand Canyon Workshop; Introductory and advanced homeopathy.
1989—1996— Conducted in-depth, 2-year internship programs for veterinarians at the Animal Natural Health Center.
1990— Texas Workshop; Cancer, kidney disease, stomach disorders.
1990— Maine Workshop; Philosophical differences between homeopathy and other forms of treatment.
1990— Created and marketed computer software version of Boger’s General Analysis, a tool for homeopathic prescribing.
1992— Santa Fe Workshop; Study of materia medica & Advanced prescribing.
1992— Initiated a 130 hr. post-graduate certification training program in clinical homeopathy for licensed veterinarians. About 500 veterinarians have been trained through this course by year 2013.
1995— Wrote, with Susan Pitcairn, second edition of Natural Health for Dogs and Cats (Rodale Press). Accumulated sales have exceeded 350,000. Has been translated into four languages.
1996— Featured Lecturer at the Annual Conference of the Society of Homeopaths, England.
1996— Founding member of The Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy.
1996—1998— President of The Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy.
1998—2000— Advisor to the Certification Committee of The Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy.
1998— Began an Advanced Training Course in Veterinary Homeopathy for veterinarians who have already taken the Professional Course in Veterinary Homeopathy.
1999— Speaker at the Annual Conference for The Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy, Virginia.
2000— First Annual Meeting for Advanced Homeopathic Practitioners, March, Denver, Colorado. Speaker at the Annual Conference for The Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy, Monterey, California.
2001— Second Annual Meeting for Advanced Homeopathic Practitioners, March 7-10, Saguaro Ranch, Phoenix, Arizona. Speaker at the Annual Conference for The Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2002— Advanced Course in Veterinary Homeopathy, held in Guelph, Ontario; Tiburon, California & Clearwater, Florida. Third Annual Meeting for Advanced Homeopathic practitioners, March 7-10, Saguaro Lake Ranch, ,Phoenix, Arizona. Tenth Professional Course in Veterinary Homeopathy. Speaker at the Annual Conference for The Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy, Park City, Utah.
2003— Eleventh Professional Course in Veterinary Homeopathy, Boulder, Colorado. Fourth Annual Meeting for Advanced Homeopathic practitioners, March 6-9, Saguaro Lake Ranch, Arizona.
2004— Twelfth Professional Course in Veterinary Homeopathy, San Diego and Pasadena, California. Fifth Annual Meeting for Advanced Homeopathic practitioners, March 4-7, Saguaro Lake, Arizona. Advanced Course in Veterinary Homeopathy, Park City, Utah.
2005— Wrote the third edition of Natural Health for Dogs and Cats (Rodale Press). Accumulated sales have exceeded 400,000. Sixth Annual Meeting for Advanced Homeopathic practitioners, February 7-11, Hale Luana Retreat, Kauai, Hawaii.
2006— Thirteenth Professional Course in Veterinary Homeopathy, Eugene, Oregon; Monterey, California and Saguaro Lake Ranch, Arizona. Seventh Annual Meeting for Advanced Homeopathic practitioners, March 2-5, Saguaro Lake, Arizona. Speaker and workshop presentation at the National Center For Homeopathy Annual Conference.
2007— Eighth Annual Meeting for Advanced Homeopathic practitioners, February 8-11, Sedona, Arizona. Speaker at the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association Annual Conference — on nutrition and use of homeopathic medicine for animals.
2007–2008– Advanced Course in Veterinary Homeopathy, Eugene, Oregon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sedona, Arizona, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
2008–2009– Fourteenth Professional Course in Veterinary Homeopathy, Santa Fe, New Mexico and Sedona, Arizona.
2009– Ninth Annual Meeting for Advanced Homeopathic Practitioners, March 5-8, Saguaro Lake, Arizona.
2010– Speaker at the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy Annual Conference and LIGA meeting, Redondo Beach, California. Tenth Annual Meeting for Advanced Homeopathic Practitioners, March 4-7, Saguaro Lake, Arizona.
2010–2011– Fifteenth Professional Course in Veterinary Homeopathy, Concord, New Hampshire and Orlando, Florida.
2011– Speaker at the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy Annual Conference meeting, May 5-8, Bethesda, Maryland. Speaker at the American Holistic Medical Association Annual Conference, August 27-30, San Diego, California — on simplifying homeopathic practice and the relation of homeopathy to quantum physics (2 lectures). Eleventh Annual Meeting for Advanced Homeopathic Practitioners, March 17-20, Saguaro Lake, Arizona.
2012–Twelfth Annual Meeting for Advanced Homeopathic Practitioners, March 8-11, Saguaro Lake, Arizona. Speaker at the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy Annual Conference, May 4-6, Portland, Oregon.
2012–2013–Sixteenth Professional Course in Veterinary Homeopathy, Sedona, Arizona.
2013–Thirteenth Annual Meeting for Advanced Homeopathic Practitioners, March 7-10, Saguaro Lake, Arizona.
2014–Fourteenth Annual Meeting for Advanced Homeopathic Practitioners, March 13-16, Saguaro Lake, Arizona. Speaker at the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy Annual Conference, September 12-14, Portland, Oregon. Advanced meeting on homeopathy: Walking with Hahnemann, November 6-8, Jerome, Arizona.
2015–Fifteenth Annual Meeting for Advanced Homeopathic Practitioners, March 19-22, Saguaro Lake, Arizona. Speaker at the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy Annual Conference, June 12-14, Sweet Briar, Virginia.
Various Dates—Has written articles for professional organizations, or been interviewed for journals including: The American Homeopath, The American Holistic Veterinary Association, the International Foundation for Homeopathy, the National Center for Homeopathy, and The International Association for Veterinary Homeopathy.
—Has presented veterinary homeopathy to government and professional panels – the California Veterinary Medical Association, and the U. S. Food and Drug Administration.
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