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Pet Aging & the Benefits of Vitamin C

Despite the fact that your dog’s body naturally produces small amounts of Vitamin C, recent research indicates that supplementing your canines diet with additional sources of Vitamin C can significantly impact your pet’s health, wellness and aging process.

Todays recommended dietary allowance which is referred to as the RDA was initially developed to prevent the development of gross nutritional deficiency diseases such as scurvy and rickets in institutionalized individuals. The RDA was never developed to promote or maintain normal health much less optimal health or wellness.
Recently published studies suggest that supplemental sources of Vitamin C added to the canine daily diet offer many additional health benefits. Because Vitamin C is a biological antioxidant, it naturally acts as a free radical scavenger lowering levels of oxidative damage to your dogs cells and tissues. In other words, Vitamin C helps to protect your dogs body from free radical damage much like anti-corrosive’s help to prevent rust.

Not only does this potentially contribute to increased quality of life for dogs on a daily basis but optimal intake may also play an important role in the prevention of chronic or long term diseases your dog may be predisposed to and encounter as he or she ages. These chronic diseases include disorders from arthritis and diabetes to heart failure, high blood pressure, immune deficiency disorders and cancer.
In humans whose bodies do not naturally manufacture Vitamin C, according to the Linus Pauling Institute and the National Institute of Health, todays suggested daily dosages are more than double that initially proposed by the standard RDA.
In pets similar protocols are gaining acceptance by Alternative and Holistic veterinary practitioners and with time it is hopeful that traditional mainstream veterinary medicine will take notice of these emerging pet nutritional trends as well.
What choices does a dog owner have?

Supplementing your dog’s diet with Vitamin C is easy. Vitamin C is available in a variety of forms from standardized, over the counter supplements as well as directly from food sources including oranges and orange juice. Frozen orange juice cubes taste great and make wonderful healthy summertime treats as does adding a bit of fresh O.J. to your dog’s water bowl. On the other hand offering your canine a few fresh orange slices is a low cal, tasty snack that’s healthy.Despite the fact that your dog’s body naturally produces small amounts of... more

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Neutered Dogs Risk Prostate Cancer: New Therapy on Horizon

Contrary to what may pet owners may believe, neutering male dogs actually increases the risk of prostate cancer eight fold. Neutered dogs are also four times more likely to develop bladder cancer versus non-neutered male dogs.

Technically, the canine prostate gland is referred to as an accessory sex organ in dogs. The prostate gland itself surrounds the urethra and is located at the neck of the urinary bladder, so the two organs are located very close together in your dog’s body and may be affected by similar disorders, including cancer.
Most of us, including this veterinarian and author, were told and/or taught that neutering male dogs reduced the risk of a variety of cancers including those involving the sex organs. New research validates the exact opposite.

So, contrary to what we have been told as well as to what many of us as veterinarians were formally taught in school, neutering pets may alter aggression and territorial behavior but it also increases the risk and incidence of cancer.
Traditionally pet owners were given the option to treat canine prostate cancer using massive doses of chemotherapy. Unfortunately, this therapy results in killing all the cells in the area as until now, scientists were unable to figure out how to target just the cancerous cells without adversely affecting normal cells in the process.

Researchers at the University of Missouri have potentially found an innovative targeted prostate cancer cure that is being tested in dogs and mice prior to people. They created radioactive gold nanoparticles, attached them to an antioxidant found in green tea leaves called epigallocatechin gallate (ECGC) then give 1-2 injections directly into the affected prostate gland and that’s it.
The radioactivity is gone within 3 weeks and significant tumor size reduction complete in 28 days.
Currently, studies have been conducted in mice with excellent results. The researchers are planning to team up with the College of Veterinary Medicine to conduct clinical trials in dogs with prostate cancer which will precede similar trials in humans.
This novel intratumor nanoparticle injection approach may offer significant advances in cancer therapy which is also referred to as oncology, for a variety of solid cancerous tumors in both pets and people.Contrary to what may pet owners may believe, neutering male dogs actually increases... more

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Dog Kidney Failure Patient Finds New Hope

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How to Introduce Your Dog to Your New Baby: Holistic Veterinarian Dr. Carol Osborne, DVM

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Saving US grasslands: holistic method to turn back the clock on desertification

Three years ago, the grasslands of Mike Livingston's Colorado ranch were drying out.

For a rancher whose livelihood depended on those diminishing grasslands, it was an oncoming economic and ecological disaster in slow motion. For the wider world, it was one more example of how prairies and savannas from Alberta to Africa are inexorably being swallowed by growing global wastelands.

Desertification caused by climate change and human activity now threatens the livelihoods of more than 1 billion people worldwide, according to the United Nations. Globally, 52 percent of land used to grow food has been affected either moderately or severely.

But on that patch of Colorado prairie, something different happened: The grass came back. Today, "the grass has covered the sand," says Mr. Livingston. A dozen or more sandy, wind-blown basins have become lush and green.

What made the difference was a simple idea with tremendous global consequences. In short, Livingston tried to turn the clock back on his land by moving his cattle around the land in a way that mimics the movement of buffalo centuries before. The idea is called Holistic Management, and users say it is a powerful tool to undo the damage that humans have inflicted on grasslands worldwide.

"Human beings are a desert-making species," says Luc Gnacadja, executive secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. But Holistic Management "is a game changer."

Developed by an African rancher, Allan Savory, over several decades and established on his Zimbabwe ranch in 1992, the Holistic Management model is now making inroads in the United States. Backers say it has the potential to revitalize broad swaths of the American West. To do so, however, would require a change in decades-old ranching practices, which means that the revolution, for now, is starting small.

The idea behind Holistic Management is that grasslands were healthier before modern ranching began. The reason: As huge herds of herbivores roamed the landscape, they revitalized it, nibbling plants to stimulate root growth, trampling the ground in ways that broke apart caked earth to allow seeds to germinate and water to seep in, and fertilizing the ground with their dung.

As grasslands have been fenced off, however, herbivores have become sedentary, and these processes have been impeded. Holistic Management (HM) involves using livestock as though they were the grazing mammals of old, herding them across property according to a planned schedule. The approach is now being applied to more than 40 million acres around the world – about the size of the state of Wisconsin. In the US, interest has grown since Mr. Savory won the 2010 Buckminster Fuller Prize, which rewards "a strategy that has significant potential to solve humanity's most pressing problems," according to the website.

More at the linkThree years ago, the grasslands of Mike Livingston's Colorado ranch were drying... more

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Pet Health | The Institute For Vibrant Living Announces Their Expansion Into The Pet Health …

Camp Verde, AZ (PRWEB) May 11, 2011
The Institute for Vibrant Living (IVL), a heading producer of synergistically-blended nutritive supplements has partnered with holistic veterinarian, Dr. Carol Osborne, DVM, who has created a line of house pet health supplements written especially for the sly and dog companions. Dr. Osborne has gained national recognition in alternative veterinary pet therapies and natural health care for dogs and cats. She is the nation’s only veterinarian to be a Board Certified Diplomat of the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine.

IVL’s formulating truth is to use innate mixture to residence definite complaints whilst ancillary the whole body structure. Dr. Osborne is a foremost expert in the use of naturopathic and holistic pet therapies, promoting wellness whilst addressing their health issues. The outcome of this earnest partnership is a line of cutting-edge supplements.

“Pets are the most appropriate friends and give us with unconditional love and companionship,” says Dr. Carol. “They give us the best years of their lives; with these supplements you can give them the best of theirs.”

The lineup of new house pet supplements existing from IVL includes:
PAAWS™ Dog Vitamins is a patented, all-natural, USA Made, organic radical dog vitamin network that promotes health, wellness and dog longevity. PAAWS Dog Vitamins soothe the symptoms of aging, dog arthritis and allergies.

Dr. Carol’s Canine Hip Joint Support is an all-natural dog arthritis supplement. The Advanced Flexibility Formula provides a unique, all-natural, organic multiple of USA done human rank dog arthritis nutrients: Glucosamine, MSM, Chondroitin Sulfate, Hyaluronic Acid, Vitamin C, Manganese, Zinc and the Essential Omega-3 Fatty Acids: EPA and DHA. Dr. Carol’s Canine Hip Joint Support supplements are tasty, bacon flavored chewable tablets, providing innate dog arthritis suffering relief, rebuilding of bones, joints and junction tissue.

Dog Probiotics enclose a patent-protected, USA made, thorough merge of “friendly” germs profitable in progressing great dog digestive tract health by ancillary abdominal balance. Dog Probiotics are concentrated source of valuable microorganisms supports a strong dog defence network and promotes physical nature in dogs of all ages.

Cat Probiotics enclose a patent-protected merge of “friendly” germs profitable in progressing great sly digestive health by ancillary abdominal balance. Cat Probiotics are concentrated source of valuable microorganisms supports a strong defense network and promotes physical nature in cats and kittens of all ages.

Cat Digest-Zymes is a complete, full-spectrum, plant-based, USA-made digestive chemical substance supplement. It comes as a powder for blending in to any of your cat’s meals. Cat Digest-Zymes ensures total digestive process and assimilation of any nutritious in your cat’s diet at the mobile level.

PAAWS™ Cat Vitamins is a patented, all-natural, organic new thing in sly health and longevity. PAAWS Cat Vitamins combats arthritis, aging and skin allergies.

About the Institute for Vibrant Living
A personality in the dietary addition industry, the Institute for Vibrant Living is committed to providing customers with indication formed nutritive supplements. Their unique product line reflects a idea that any person can accomplish lifelong health. All products and formulations are formed on endless research, clinical trials and box studies. All products are 100% guaranteed.Camp Verde, AZ (PRWEB) May 11, 2011 The Institute for Vibrant Living (IVL), a heading... more

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Merrick Pet Treats Recall Alert by Holistic Veterinarian, Dr. Carol Osborne, DVM

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What Works, by Dr Helen Ford (Part 1)

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Homeopathic Spray

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