When the nutrients in a diet are provided individually through supplements and additives, our pets miss out on all of the many interactions between the food constituents in whole food.
When consuming whole foods, these interactions are significant and provide superior health benefits and improved longevity.
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Jacobs DR, Gross MD, Tapsell LC. Foodsynergy: an operational concept for understanding nutrition. Am J Clin Nutr 2009; 89 (suppl):154S-8S.
The key to reducing your pet's risk of developing an inflammation-based disease is to reduce the amount of processing in their diet.
Whole food ingredients allow us to cut an entire step of high-heat processing out of our manufacturing.
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van Rooijen C, et al. The Maillard reaction and pet food processing: effects on nutritive value and pet health. Nutrition Research Reviews 2013; 26: 130–148.
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Teodorowicz M, Hendriks WH, Wichers HJ, Savelkoul HFJ. Immunomodulation by processed animal feed: The role of Maillard Reaction Products and Advanced Glycation End-Products (AGEs). Front Immunol. 2018 Sep 13; 9: 2088
By avoiding highly processed ingredients, we can reduce inflammation and avoid the build up of Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs), which cause tissue destruction and accelerate the natural aging process.
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van Rooijen C, et al. Quantitation of Maillard Reaction Products in Commercially Available Pet Foods. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2014; 62: 8883−8891
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Teodorowicz M, Hendriks WH, Wichers HJ, Savelkoul HFJ. Immunomodulation by processed animal feed: The role of Maillard Reaction Products and Advanced Glycation End-Products (AGEs). Front Immunol. 2018 Sep 13; 9: 2088
The pets who eat Rayne diets get their nutrients and micronutrients from real (close to their natural state as opposed to highly processed meals and powders) ingredients and consume fewer AGEs.
This is how we proactively use nutrition to prolong our pets' lives and help prevent other chronic, inflammation-based diseases.
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van Rooijen C, et al. The Maillard reaction and pet food processing: effects on nutritive value and pet health. Nutrition Research Reviews 2013; 26: 130–148.
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van Rooijen C, et al. Quantitation of Maillard Reaction Products in Commercially Available Pet Foods. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2014; 62: 8883−8891
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Teodorowicz M, Hendriks WH, Wichers HJ, Savelkoul HFJ. Immunomodulation by processed animal feed: The role of Maillard Reaction Products and Advanced Glycation End-Products (AGEs). Front Immunol. 2018 Sep 13; 9: 2088
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