Nutrition Myths / LEARNING CURVE
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Nutrition Myth Busting
Don’t let the Internet determine your patients’ nutritional needs
By Ann Wortinger, BIS, LVT, VTS (ECC, SAIM) Note: The following article was
adapted from a presentation by the author at AAHA Yearly Conference Denver 2012. For more nutrition myths from Ann Wortinger, go to
aahanet.org to access the 2012 Conference Proceedings.
relied on information from their friends, breeders and news sources, now they can add the Net to their source network. Unfortunately, they do not tend to fil-
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ter out the information, instead taking everything in their source network as gospel, and do not look at the sources or references for the information they view. Many clients feel uncomfortable talk-
ing with their veterinarians about nutri- tion questions, or feel that they know as much as the veterinarian does. This has led many a well-intentioned client to follow poor recommendations. Some common nutrition myths are presented below.
Myth 1: Meat by-products are inferior in quality compared to whole meat in a diet
When listed on an ingredient label,
meat is defined by the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) as any combination of skeletal striated muscle or that muscle found in the tongue, diaphragm, heart, esophagus
Trends magazine, April 2012
ith the ready availability of the Internet, clients have access to staggering amounts of informa- tion. Where previously they had
The reputation of the manufacturer is the best indicator of a good-quality diet.
(with or without the accompanying and overlying fat and the portions of the skin), sinew, nerve and blood vessels that normally accompany the muscle derived from part of whole carcasses. It also must be suitable for use in ani-
mal foods. This excludes feathers, heads, feet and entrails. Meat by-products are defined as nonrendered, clean parts of the carcass that may contain lungs, spleen, kidneys, brain, liver, blood, bone, heads, feet (of poultry), partially defatted fatty tissue, stomach and intestines emp- tied of their contents. It does not include hair, horns, teeth
or hooves. Depending on the supplier and the type of refining process the manufacturer uses, by-products can vary greatly in the amount of nondigestible material they contain. The ash content
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