A Match Made in Hell: Milk-Bone Meets Jif Peanut Butter | Short

Hi, this is Rita Hogan, and welcome to the Dogs Are Individuals podcast. I'm a clinical canine herbalist, and I've been practicing for over 20 years. This podcast is all about your dog through an herbal lens. So let's get to it and dive right in.

Hey, everyone. Welcome to another short version of the Dogs Are Individuals podcast. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you to my sponsors. Goodness gracious. For the podcast. Also for the book tour, Pawdaga Earth Buddy, Coco Therapy, Green Juju, Real Mushrooms, innovative pet lab, Dr. Ruth Roberts, health coach, and Dr. Ruth Roberts in general. Thank you. Thank you so much, Ruth. Just a few sponsors there. I'll talk about more on the next pod and our norm formal sponsors. Sponsors of my tour, Real Mushrooms and Green Juju. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Please give all of my sponsors some love. I would not be here if it wasn't for them. So as you listen to this, I am on a research project in Italy, having a awesome time. This podcast is a little bit of a rant, so put your seatbelt on, because I saw the most disturbing, just so disturbing news the other day, and it might be old news, but I did not know about it. I saw a commercial and I almost threw up. So Milk Bone Dog biscuits, not like they aren't already horrible enough and given to so many dogs. Has joined forces with Jif peanut butter. Okay, so I just. Can we talk about this for a second? Jif peanut butter. Okay, it's not peanut butter. Peanut butter is peanuts or peanuts and salt. Okay? That's peanut butter. Jif has peanuts, mostly sugar, molasses, hydrogenated vegetable oils. They use canola or soybean oil. Okay? Both are saturated in glyphosate. Pesticides, herbicides, you name it, it's in there. Mono and diglycerides, which have recently been found to be a cancer, like a carcinogen. So that's super fun. And then salt, right? That's what's in Jif peanut butter. Gross. And then we can look at. How are these ingredients safe? Okay, so peanuts in Jif peanut butter. I can't imagine they're caring about the aflatoxin, the mold that's in peanuts. But mold contamination with aflatoxin can be a huge risk. And then sugar, dextrose, sugar. Completely unnecessary. I did a podcast rant about sugar. It's seeping into all of our dog treats. Even in the holistic world, Super Zoo was abysmal in sugar. I see sugar all over good holistic dog stores. We need to get rid of it. We need to stop making these, like, humans treats, you know, birthday cake and all of this stuff. It's just, ugh. If you want to learn how to make a healthy birthday cake for your dog, check out Victoria Soares on Facebook. She is amazing, an amazing cook. Or reach out with the Forever Dog life book and pick out a good recipe in there for a birthday. Because sugar is not the answer. And then we have a molasses that's the same concerns as sugar. You know, obesity, insulin resistance, dental disease, chronic inflammation, cancer, completely unnecessary and inflammatory. Okay, we're not talking about, you know, there's black strap molasses as well, which you can give in small amounts for certain types of things. But this is just plain old molasses and it's gross. And then we have the, you know, the fully hydrogenated vegetable oils. They're trans fats. Systemic inflammation, cardiovascular disease, endocrine disruption, immune dysfunction. Should I go on? And then mono and diglycerides. That's an emulsifier. It keeps oils mixed. These are chemical additives. They're derived from fats and they irritate the gut lining. They contribute to metabolic disease disorders. And they definitely contain chemical solvents like hexane. It's no bueno. And then iodonized salt. Not good. Especially in dogs with like, heart disease and kidney conditions. And it can put a strain on the kidneys and the cardiovascular system. And it's nasty. And you know, the peanut butter that's in the milk bones does not contain xylitol. But if you're, if you're ever feeding this mainstream peanut butter, which I don't recommend, always check for xylitol because they've been adding it to food, to peanut butter. Now let's discuss milk bone dog biscuits. Hello. Hi. I was recently at my beloved's house and saw the milk bone box in the laundry room for their cute little dog. Well, actually, he's quite big. He's a Great Dane. And my heart sank. I didn't say anything. Cause I don't open my mouth when not invited. But I wanted to scream because I know that their parents really love their dog and they're just going with these mainstream brands that they think are great because why wouldn't they? And because the ingredients in milk bones should be against the law. We have wheat flour, which is non organic, completely genetically modified, saturated in glyphosate. We've got meat and bone meal. We can't even name what source of animal it came from. Nasty milk, inflammatory wheat germ, genetically modified animal fat again. What animal preserved with bha, which is an endocrine disruptor. It's nasty and it's outlawed in a ton of countries. Salt, more salt, bone phosphate, dried brewer's yeast and then synthetic minerals and vitamins. So wheat flour is again genetically modified. All the good things, highly inflammatory. Gluten sensitivity is a thing, but more so than gluten is all of the stuff that it's sprayed with, the glyphosate, the Roundup as a desiccant to dry it out. It's gross. And wheat flour in this country is genetically modified meat and bone meal. Again a rendered product, rendered meal, diseased roadkill, euthanized cats and dogs. Ish. And it's definitely contains animal parts that are completely unsuitable for human consumption. So why should our dogs be any different? And that's got toxins, heavy metals, pathogens, plastics, all of the just nasty protein source here. And then milk. Okay, I'd like to see what that milk actually looks like when it's going into the, the milk bones. But this type of pasteurized dairy is inflammatory to dogs, can cause digestive upset, diarrhea, allergic reactions, the whole gamut. And then wheat germ. You know wheat germ is nutritious, right? But it's genetically modified. It's sprayed with Roundup and all of the wheat based inflammation is compounded here, animal fat with bha that's like butylated hydroxy zol, something like that. Nasty. That's the like that I'm going to translate that. Nasty. It's a synthetic preservative and it's a known carcinogen to the world. That's why it's banned in so many countries. But it's allowed in US pet foods. Lovely. We discussed salt. There's really not much more to say besides that. And bone phosphate, you know, I can't really speak to that. It's not toxic in itself, but purity I think is an issue there. Remember, bones contain heavy metals unless they're coming from good sources. And then we got all the synthetics, you know, can cause hyperstorage diseases, definitely can cause an imbalance in your dog's actual vitamin and mineral needs. And some of them are very, very absorbable, which can be too absorbable. And these are in the treats. So these two lovely, lovely products come together and make a product called Milk Bone soft and chewy Peanut buttery bites. You know, and I'm very disturbed by these name brands that people trust unknowingly. You know, they were fine when they first came out. When I was a kid, right? I'm 53. Oh my God, I'm 54. Jesus. Anyways, but that is not the peanut butter of yore, right? It's not my mom's peanut butter. So it is nasty butter. And they can do what they want, but not good. And the ingredients in this collaboration is wheat flour, vegetable glycerin, peanut butter, dextrose, which is sugar, vegetable oil. We've got the cottonseed or canola or soybean oil, partially defatted peanut flour, rice syrup, citric acid, potassium sorbate, and we have vitamins including folic acid. Ish. So yeah, let's knock this off. You know, let's just knock this off. The more processed food that we give our dogs, the more cancer we're going to have. And one in two dogs will die of cancer. That's why I get irritated and have to rant like this, you know, one in two dogs will die of cancer. I digress.

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