How to Treat Cat Cancer With Raw Food
There is no hard evidence proving that a raw-food diet will cure cancer in cats, but many holistic veterinarians agree that a raw-food diet for cats boosts the immune system and improves the animals' overall health. Feeding a raw-food diet may act preventatively to strengthen their systems. Although feeding a raw-food diet has not been shown to treat cat cancer on its own, there is evidence that feeding commercially prepared food does contribute to creating diseases in cats, thus compromising their systems and possibly making them prone to developing cancer.
Research conducted from 1932 to 1942 on 900 cats by Francis M. Pottenger, Jr., MD, revealed that the cats who were fed a raw-food diet survived four generations, remaining healthy and cancer-free throughout their lifespans and producing healthy offspring. Cats in the other half of the study, who were fed commercially prepared foods, developed various diseases, including cancer, earlier in life and were unable to survive past the third generation, each producing kittens that were continually less viable.
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Things You'll Need
- Raw meat
- Raw egg yolks
- Salmon or flax oil
- Food supplement for cats
- Freezer bags or containers
- Meat grinder
Instructions
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Feed cats a raw-food diet to maintain a healthy immune system that protects against cancer and other diseases. The diet should consist of animal proteins such as rabbit, chicken and beef. Organic or free-range food is always a better choice and can be found in health food stores and on farms in your area.
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Buy animal proteins in large pieces, not pre-ground. If you freeze meat, do so in large chunks. This keeps the surface area at a minimum, protecting the meat from exposure to bacteria and decomposition.
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Serve foods whole or in chunks with bones and tendons intact. Food should be at room temperature.
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Wean cats very slowly from commercial foods by offering small amounts of raw foods alongside the commercial foods. Increase the amount of raw foods offered a little bit every day, according to how well your cat accepts the new diet. Continue to do this over a two- to three-week period, slowly reducing the commercial food, until the cat is eating only raw food.
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If the cat has difficulty chewing large pieces, grind meat, bones and organs in a meat grinder at the time you prepare the food, and grind only what you will need. Make the grind extra fine and consider grinding it twice to ensure that bones are completely broken down to prevent choking. Bone fragments should be no larger than 1/8-inch long.
If you choose not to include bones in the food, buy human-grade bone meal and add it to the ground mixture to supply calcium.
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Offer organ meats two to three times a week. These can be fed alone or mixed with ground meat.
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Add a raw egg yolk to the raw-food diet two or three times a week. Some cats love egg yolks, and they add nutrients and enzymes to the diet. If you're serving the egg white, first cook it lightly for one to two minutes.
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Add salmon oil and flaxseed oil to the diet, to add antioxidants and omega-3 and omega-6, which are known to protect against cancer and other ailments. Find these oils at health food stores.
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If the cat has cancer, add a special cat-food supplement powder containing vitamins, minerals, enzymes and oils to the diet to help the immune system fight the cancer. These products are available online and at health food stores.
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Tips & Warnings
For picky eaters, add a spoonful of cottage cheese to the raw food to increase palatability. Commercially prepared raw-food diets are available, if you are not able to make your own.
Some cats, after eating highly seasoned commercial cat food for years, will not accept a raw diet. Continue to add a small bit of quality canned cat food to the cat's diet for flavor, to encourage her to eat.
