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Flax oil or Olive oil for CRF cat for calorie supplement?
Greetings ~
This just occured to me - can I give Fatass flax/olive/vegatable oil mixed with her wet food when I syringe feed her? Instead of using water to get the consistancy right, I can use oil and juice up the cals at the same time. I know Flax oil is about 100 cal per tablespoon, so theoretically it should help, no? Any downfall? Will she get the ****s? Barf? Get sick to her stomach? Anything like that? Thanks, Bluesman |
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wrote in message oups.com... Greetings ~ This just occured to me - can I give Fatass flax/olive/vegatable oil mixed with her wet food when I syringe feed her? Instead of using water to get the consistancy right, I can use oil and juice up the cals at the same time. I know Flax oil is about 100 cal per tablespoon, so theoretically it should help, no? Any downfall? Will she get the ****s? Barf? Get sick to her stomach? Anything like that? I recently read that cat's (and I'll bet all other carnivores') bodies don't contain the enzyme needed to transform flax seed oil's alpha-linolenic omega-3 fat to the useful forms of omega-3 : DHA and EPA. If you wish to provide your cat with EPA/DHA, then feed it wild fish from deep cold water. Sardines from nontropical oceans would be an OK source. Canned mackerel would provide greater amounts of EPA/DHA than sardines, and would cost less. Wild red salmon (pricey even when canned) provides still greater amounts of EPA/DHA, but unless it is from Alaskan waters it will also contain mercury. Farm raised salmon is not such a great source of omega-3 fat as most consumers have been led to believe. "Vegetable" oil is actually soy oil. That cheap crap is unhealthful to people and animals. Canola (rapeseed) oil is no better. Hexane or other solvents are applied to help separate the oil from the rest of the grain, leaving trace amounts of these toxins in the commercial product. It is a paradigm that after hundreds of millions$ in marketing campaigns spanning 3 decades that both soy and canola are now generally perceived by the public as health foods, when in fact these grains themselves are quite toxic and inedible before industrial processing. Their processing almost always leaves some original toxins and adds additional (residual) ones too. Soy http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/soy.htm http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/files/Shadow.htm http://www.mercola.com/2004/dec/4/soy_truth.htm http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/avoid_soy.htm Canola http://www.westonaprice.org/know_your_fats/conola.html http://www.luminet.net/~wenonah/new/canola.htm http://www.breathing.com/articles/canola-oil.htm http://www.sdadefend.com/canola.htm http://www.rense.com/politics5/dare.htm |
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