As a result, many dietary recommendations for cats with chronic digestive problems are low in fat.
However, this approach seems to be borrowed from human physiology, so does it work for cats? There is no scientific basis.
So a scientist did this experiment:
60 cats with chronic diarrhea were divided into two groups, One group was offered a low-fat diet (24 percent of total food calories) and the other group was offered a high-fat diet (45 percent of total food calories) for 6 weeks, during which time, Scientists track and record daily changes in cat feces.
Experiment results are:
1. 78.2% cat feces The dryness of the feces increased by 25% (that is, the cat feces that were originally soft or sparse became drier and harder);
2. 30% of the cat feces were basically normal;
3. There was no significant difference in the data between the two groups of cats.
This experiment shows that a low-fat, high-fat diet has no effect on the cat’s digestive system, and high-fat does not cause diarrhea in cats.
On the contrary, cats are very efficient at digesting and utilizing fat because they are pure carnivores.
The ancestors of cats appeared on the earth 30 million years ago, and their food was all kinds of prey captured, all input was animal protein and animal fat.
After a long period of evolution, cats are naturally better at digesting animal protein and animal fat.
Therefore, the conclusion is that the cat is easy to digest, will not burden the stomach, and the food that is not easy to cause digestive system diseases is meat.
Do you want to buy meat for cats every day?
Of course not. Actually they just need the animal protein and animal fat in the meat.
When choosing cat food, you must pay attention to the instructions in the ingredient list and choose high-quality animal sources.
