Dr. Ian Billingshurst popularized what is now known as the BARF Diet for dogs. It's a raw food diet that many believe is the species-appropriate diet for dogs to be eating. From our perspective, it's amazing to see what has happened in the world of human food transition into the world of dog food. Cheap, low-quality ingredients in pet food has led to the deterioration of animal health, however, the raw food diet seems to hold a lot of promise. In our conversation with Dr. Ian Billingshurst, we discussed his approach to uncovering the raw diet, why he believes a species-appropriate diet it the only diet to follow, and practical advice for pet owners. If you want to learn more about pet nutrition from a revolutionary, this episode is for you. Enjoy!

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TIME STAMPS

1:00- Background
3:30- Bad nutritional guidelines
5:55- Raw food advocate
12:40- Examples of benefits of Raw food diet
15:30- A horrors of a diet of sugar
21:15- Eat the food nature has provided
26:00- Fasting and irregular meals
31:00- When did kibble become a recommended standard
36:50- Companies making vets, salespeople
41:20- Cat Vs. Dog diet
46:30- Diet studies
55:00- Budgeting raw food diet
01:00:00- The wolf evolved into the dog
01:03:00- Fermented food

#177: Species Appropriate Diets featuring Dr. Ian Billingshurst

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