Much of what you’ve said in your comments here can be reduced to your remark, “comparing human studies and animal nutrition is dumb”.

How could anyone possibly believe such a thing? This is scientifically and historically untrue.

Admittedly, of course, not all nutritional factors can be applied universally to all species. For example, dogs don’t need vitamin C in their diets – but humans do.

Humans and cats can develop Type 2 diabetes – yet dogs cannot.

Much of what we know today about animal and human nutrition has been learned from scientific studies using select species as comparative animal models for one another.

In a recent article entitled “Animal Models in Nutrition Research” by Dr. Dave H. Baker, Professor of Animal Sciences and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Illinoi and published in the Journal of Nutrition wrote:

“Current knowledge in nutrition is based largely on the use of appropriate animal models together with defined diets. Numerous examples are cited where animal models have been used to solve nutrient x nutrient interactions, to evaluate bioavailability of nutrients and nutrient precursors, and to test for nutrient tolerances and toxicities.”

This article candidly discusses both the advantages and disadvantages of using animal models. After you read it, you may wish to also browse the dozens of footnoted references attached to the bottom of that publication.

In writing my reports, I only present components like vitamin K as the controversial ingredients they truly are.

I always present menadione as “a controversial form of vitamin K”. Clicking on that link takes the reader (you) immediately to an article that clearly presents both sides of that controversy.

As you can see, your dismissal of the facts here using your sweeping claim that comparing research findings between species is “dumb” is certainly not supported by science.

Nobody is saying you have to feed ridiculously expensive food, but at least try to feed a food that has a good amount of meat in it with clean ingredients and not by-products. Theres a lot of 4 star foods on here that are just fine and aren’t “ridiculously expensive”.