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HOLISTIC LIVING FOR PETS AND PEOPLE
HOLISTIC LIVING FOR PETS AND PEOPLE
A Holistic lifestyle
The animal kingdom depends entirely for its existence on the
plant kingdom. Animals need to consume plants for sustenance.
Even carnivorous animals depend on plants by eating animals
which have eaten plants. The evolution of the animal kingdom
reflects the evolutionary changes in the plant kingdom. As
plants became more complex so the animal kingdom developed. The
most highly developed animal is man. Man has the most
sophisticated nervous system and is the most adaptable species
on earth and is capable of surviving in the widest habitat of
any creature.
The macrobiotic view is that this has come about because man
evolved through eating the most complex plants, namely whole
cereal grains. Eating cereals plus the ability to cook have
given man the pre-eminent position at the top of the
evolutionary tree. As recently as a few hundred years ago, man
relied on a diet based on whole cereals and vegetables with meat
and other foods forming only a minor part of the human diet.
In the West, the change to a diet based on meat, dairy foods and
refined foods high in sugar has taken place as recently as the
Second World War.
Our affluent Western society has largely overcome the problem of
infectious disease. This is due as much to improved public
health measures as the role of medicine in developing vaccines
and antibiotics. Similarly, our pets rarely die of infectious
disease (unlike farm animals which suffer epidemics due to poor
hygiene and overcrowding).
But although we have largely seen off infectious disease, our
hospitals and mental health clinics are swamped, veterinary
clinics are busier than
ever and our society is fragmented and
ill-at-ease. We have replaced the problem of infectious disease
with that of degenerative disease.
Many people believe that a return to a more holistic, inclusive
lifestyle offers a solution to many of the ills of modern
society. To begin that process we have to define and understand
what we mean by the word "holistic" which has become one of the
most used (and abused) terms in present day language.
"Holistic Medicine" is defined as "a system which treats the
whole person physically and psychologically, rather than simply
treating the individual [affected] part."
While this may seem self-evidently desirable, that is not how
modern medicine is structured or practised. We have experts who
specialise in the different organ systems e.g. specialists for
skin, kidneys, gastro-intestinal system and so on. Veterinary
Diets extend that process into nutrition tailored to specific
ailments.
My view is that nutrition is fundamental to the practice of
Holistic Medicine. Correct diet underpins all therapies, whether
conventional or complementary and may even make them
unnecessary. Some companies market additives or supplements
which they describe as "holistic" but a holistic lifestyle
involves much more than correcting a deficiency or providing a
particular stimulus.
It is beyond the scope of this section to set out a
comprehensive prescription for a holistic lifestyle but it does
seem sensible that if we try to provide a holistic life for our
pets we would wish to do the same for ourselves. see
http://www.burns-pet-nutrition.co.uk
About the author:
Veterinary Surgeon and CEO of www.burns-pet-nutrition.co.uk
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