Holistic cat food means that the food is all natural and yes you should be using it.nnOne of the reasons cats live such a short time is because most cat food produces don\'t make nutritious food.nnThe natural life span of cats is actually twenty five to thirty years but the average cat only lives to be seven to ten years old. The nutritional value of most commercial food for felines is equivalent to Twinkies. nnYou better believe that if you ate nothing but Twinkies for the next ten years you would not be doing much better then most of the cats.nnAnything holistic means that it is void of all artificial ingredients. The thing about cat food is that even if it says that it is holistic that does not automatically mean that it is good for your cat. The cat food companies have different laws they follow then food for human consumption does.nnBasically, the law states that if the meat gets preservatives put into it at a processing plant before it reaches the cat food manufacturers then they can turn around and claim that it is preservative free.nnAnother thing to think about is what kind of meat goes into your feline\'s food. Any thing that is not consumable by humans can be put into wet or dry food, from cancerous cow lungs to poisoned pound animals. nnWhen an animal is euthanized at the pound they use poison. Unfortunately for your cat the poison does not cook out when they process the meat. You might unknowingly be poisoning your cat when you feed him.nnSo what should you do? nnOne of the things you could do is to start making your cat homemade cat food. While this might sound like a time consuming option it really isn\'t. When your cat starts getting the proper nutrition he will eat less food so you will only need to feed your cat once a day.
