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Hi JJ and Jen,

Many people believe that a diet closer to what a cat might eat in nature is healthier. You are absolutely right that doing more research is smart when deciding what the best diet is for your cat. There are a lot of factors to weight and many different types of food out there.

-- Contributed by: LoriSoard

Hi Jen,

You're right, a lot has come to light about the quality of Science Diet. This older article has been amended to bring it up to today's standards. Thanks for your input.

-- Contributed by: Kelly

Lets look at the first few ingredients of SD Indoor Dry: Chicken By-Product Meal, Brewers Rice, Corn Gluten Meal, Ground Whole Grain Corn, Powdered Cellulose (10.5% source of fiber), Chicken Liver Flavor, Soybean Oil, Animal Fat...Are those "real ingredients". Cellulose is sawdust. Science Diet is poor quality, grain-filled, overpriced, well-marketed and NOT healthy for cats. Cats are obligate carnivores and need primarily meat-based protein. They don't have the enzymes to effectively process grain and carb. You are buying into their marketing. Grain-filled, highly processed dry food contributes to diabetes, urinary disease, IBD, obesity and more in cats. Then they develop all these products to deal with these problems- which are all bad too. Not enough space to go into it this. Research true feline nutrition and health.

-- Contributed by: Cat health

Science diet is one of the most recommended by veterinarians because they make a large portion of their income from selling this cat food. Science diet has to add a lot of unnatural urine acidifiers to keep the PH of the urine acidic because veg/grain/carb based foods make to urine overly alkaline. And when the urine is acidified this way it can then create oxalate stone in the kidney - when the urine is overly acidified. This stuff is BAD. Feed a quality grain-free canned or raw diet. Cats are carnivores and need meat and animal protein. Science Diet is a marketing, and there is questinable science behind it -- where are the unbaised studies?

-- Contributed by: Jj

Hi AlphaWolf,

All of our articles are original content written by our editors and writers. I understand some of your concerns with the commercial diets on the market. It is a good idea for pet owners to thoroughly check the ingredients and do some research. Many owners choose to make their own pet foods, but be very careful and get a vet's advice if doing this for a cat. Cats have special vitamin needs that must be met for optimum health.

-- Contributed by: LoriSoard

This article is a press release.

Science Diet and other brands are more marketing than science. They contain suspect proteins and corn. Your cat deserves better. If you have heard of the cat food brand you probably should stay away from it. Read the ingredients and see for yourself.

-- Contributed by: AlphaWolf
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