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> They live <20 years. It’s not like fat, sinew and gristle is going to cut their lives short. I don't think I follow, why couldn't their lives be cut short by

• mc32 6y ago
  It takes time for a bad diet to catch up to animals of relatively short lifespans.
  • grawprog 6y ago
    But the effects of bad food are also accelerated. I noticed a huge difference just in a few months after switching my cat from dry to wet food after years. He'd started to get fat and wasn't really active or anything at 5 years old. He was having trouble breathing, drinking water constantly. Within a few monthw of switching his food, he was down to a normal weight, running and jumping around again. I didn't change the amount of food or anything i was giving him, just the quality of it.
    • swirepe 6y ago
      My rescue dog was having trouble learning until I cooked her an egg for the first time. It's pretty hard to grow a brain out of whatever garbage she was finding to eat.