Obesity seems not only a problem in humans but also in the animal world especially dogs and cats, our domestic variety.
Our precious animals need to be well-nourished and the pet manufacturers certainly do a great job of researching amounts of protein, carbohydrates, fats and vitamins needed for pooches of every size and breed.
The amount of food you give your dog is influenced by its age, lifestyle, breed size and health. Buy food suitable for your dog's age. Puppy foods are higher in protein, calcium and energy; adult pet foods contain the necessary amount of essential nutrients, and senior diets have antioxidants to boost the immune system, more fibre for digestion and joint supplements to ease arthritis.
A mix of wet and dry food is necessary for good nutrition. Of course the canned is a favourite of our dogs whereas dry food is good for their teeth, skin and coat. Never feed your dog chocolate, grapes or raisins, onions, cooked bones, nuts or spicy foods as these can all be toxic, even fatal.
Serve each meal in a clean, unbreakable bowl accompanied by plenty of fresh drinking water. Store opened foods in airtight containers.
Although Mannatech's products, Glyconutrients, are readily available for humans, dogs and cats have benefited from Ambrotose TM, given to them by enthusiastic owners.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
What is a Axolotl?
This interesting excerpt is taken from Creation Vol. 27 No. 4 magazine By Jeffrey Dykes.
One might wonder what kind of creature this is, with its catfish like shape, the odd, frilly appendages emanating from its neck. Fins, limbs and feet, should be classified land or water dweller? It has gills, and can clearly breathe underwater, but watching it walk across the bottom of an aquarium tank, it is no surprise that it is commonly referred as the 'Mexican walking fish'.
The axolotl is, in fact, a salamander, same group as frogs and toads. Like all amphibians (and unlike fish), the limbs are firmly attached to the vertebral column.
This odd amphibian is quite rare in the wild, existing in only one place in the world - Lake Xochimilco in Mexico and is protected by the government. An amazing ability of the axolotl is its fantastic regeneration and healing capabilities. It can replace significant portions of its body if damaged.......... If the conditions are right, a mature, adult axolotl can spontaneously metamorphose from a water-dwelling animal to a land-dwelling one. Over a period of up to several weeks, it will gradually absorb its gills back into its body, while its rudimentary lungs are simultaneously strengthened and enlarged so they can breathe oxygen from the atmosphere.
Also, its tail changes from being flattened like a tadpole's to being more rounded like that of a true adult salamander. its skin becomes tougher and dryer as it begins to adapt to living out of water, and it will also moult its skin as a surface-dweller.
Unfortunately, axolotls often experience a shortened lifespan, presumably due to the stress of transformation. Unlike Axolotls, humans in the industrial countries are experiencing extended lifespans as the medical professions gain extra knowledge using drugs and expertise in surgery etc. However, Mannatech is a world leader in Glyconutrition and their researchers are at the cutting edge in research and development giving essential glyconutrients to improve the modern diet for optimal health and wellbeing.
One might wonder what kind of creature this is, with its catfish like shape, the odd, frilly appendages emanating from its neck. Fins, limbs and feet, should be classified land or water dweller? It has gills, and can clearly breathe underwater, but watching it walk across the bottom of an aquarium tank, it is no surprise that it is commonly referred as the 'Mexican walking fish'.
The axolotl is, in fact, a salamander, same group as frogs and toads. Like all amphibians (and unlike fish), the limbs are firmly attached to the vertebral column.
This odd amphibian is quite rare in the wild, existing in only one place in the world - Lake Xochimilco in Mexico and is protected by the government. An amazing ability of the axolotl is its fantastic regeneration and healing capabilities. It can replace significant portions of its body if damaged.......... If the conditions are right, a mature, adult axolotl can spontaneously metamorphose from a water-dwelling animal to a land-dwelling one. Over a period of up to several weeks, it will gradually absorb its gills back into its body, while its rudimentary lungs are simultaneously strengthened and enlarged so they can breathe oxygen from the atmosphere.
Also, its tail changes from being flattened like a tadpole's to being more rounded like that of a true adult salamander. its skin becomes tougher and dryer as it begins to adapt to living out of water, and it will also moult its skin as a surface-dweller.
Unfortunately, axolotls often experience a shortened lifespan, presumably due to the stress of transformation. Unlike Axolotls, humans in the industrial countries are experiencing extended lifespans as the medical professions gain extra knowledge using drugs and expertise in surgery etc. However, Mannatech is a world leader in Glyconutrition and their researchers are at the cutting edge in research and development giving essential glyconutrients to improve the modern diet for optimal health and wellbeing.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Adaptable Bird - Australian Ringneck
Interesting excerpt from Attracting Birds to your Garden By John Dengate
Although these birds are widely distributed in Australia, it is onlty the western sub-species, known as the Port Lincoln Ringneck, that has successfully adapted to the changes effected in the country since the arrival of Europeans.
Their diet is of seeds, berries and blossoms, as well as some insects taken on the ground or in tree canopies.
Like other green birds, the colours of ringnecks come from the microscopic structure of the feathers - they have no green pigment, it's the way the feathers reflect the light that makes them appear green. This means the brighter the sunlight, the more brilliant the green appears. For this reason, ringnecks look so much better in the wild than in photographs. In the blazing inland sun, they can really make the drab Australian bush sparkle. It's hard to forget your first sighting of this species.
These adaptable birds favour every thing from forests to lines of trees along watercourses, with the critical ingredient being trees that are the biggest in the area. A good way to attract these parrots is by growing Marri trees (Eucalyptus calophylla), as they love to rip into the half-ripe gum nuts produced by the trees.
Ringnecks also like the berries of White Cedars (Melioa azedarach), introduced from eastern Australia. They are insectivorous parrots, eating lerps, sawflies and other bugs. You can turn this to your advantage by avoiding pesticides, and therefore encouraging insects that the birds enjoy eating. Putting out a mixture of fruit pieces and grains will also encourage ringneck parrots.
Glyconutrients support your body's natural ability to reach optimum nutritional levels and play a role in enhancing quality of life.
Although these birds are widely distributed in Australia, it is onlty the western sub-species, known as the Port Lincoln Ringneck, that has successfully adapted to the changes effected in the country since the arrival of Europeans.
Their diet is of seeds, berries and blossoms, as well as some insects taken on the ground or in tree canopies.
Like other green birds, the colours of ringnecks come from the microscopic structure of the feathers - they have no green pigment, it's the way the feathers reflect the light that makes them appear green. This means the brighter the sunlight, the more brilliant the green appears. For this reason, ringnecks look so much better in the wild than in photographs. In the blazing inland sun, they can really make the drab Australian bush sparkle. It's hard to forget your first sighting of this species.
These adaptable birds favour every thing from forests to lines of trees along watercourses, with the critical ingredient being trees that are the biggest in the area. A good way to attract these parrots is by growing Marri trees (Eucalyptus calophylla), as they love to rip into the half-ripe gum nuts produced by the trees.
Ringnecks also like the berries of White Cedars (Melioa azedarach), introduced from eastern Australia. They are insectivorous parrots, eating lerps, sawflies and other bugs. You can turn this to your advantage by avoiding pesticides, and therefore encouraging insects that the birds enjoy eating. Putting out a mixture of fruit pieces and grains will also encourage ringneck parrots.
Glyconutrients support your body's natural ability to reach optimum nutritional levels and play a role in enhancing quality of life.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Super Scent - in Stereo
We all know how well rats and mice can sniff out the smallest tidbit however this is amazing information about our rodent life, given to us by Creation magazine Vol 29 No. 2.
New research has shown that rats can use their two nostrils to localize the source of an odour. This is similar to the way that having two ears enables us to locate the source of a sound.
Although rat nostrils are only three millimetres apart, these animals can detect whether an odour source is to the left or right using time-of-arrival differences or concentration differences. that is, which nostril received the smell first or is receiving the stronger odour. (When one nostril was covered, the rats could no longer identify the direction of an odour, confirming that 'rats smell in stereo', say researchers.)
What's more, rats can locate an odour source in just 50 milliseconds - i.e. within a single sniff.'
GlycoScience is designed to provide information on nutritional saccharides - glyconutritionals - that form the scientific underpinnings for Mannatech.
New research has shown that rats can use their two nostrils to localize the source of an odour. This is similar to the way that having two ears enables us to locate the source of a sound.
Although rat nostrils are only three millimetres apart, these animals can detect whether an odour source is to the left or right using time-of-arrival differences or concentration differences. that is, which nostril received the smell first or is receiving the stronger odour. (When one nostril was covered, the rats could no longer identify the direction of an odour, confirming that 'rats smell in stereo', say researchers.)
What's more, rats can locate an odour source in just 50 milliseconds - i.e. within a single sniff.'
GlycoScience is designed to provide information on nutritional saccharides - glyconutritionals - that form the scientific underpinnings for Mannatech.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Giving A Helping Hand - Nesting
Feathering the Nest - From Attracting Birds in your Garden - by John Dengate
'It is good to know that you can give birds a helping hand during the breeding season by offering a range of natural and artificial nesting materials. Piles of suitable material should be left at various spots in the garden where they are out of reach of cats but easily accessible to the birds.
Each species needs its own nesting materials, so whatever you provide, there is likely to be a local bird that will use it. Keep trying different items until you find the most popular ones.
Body feather are used to line many nests. They are soft and provide essential insulation to help keep the eggs warm. Twigs and sticks are the foundation of most nests and are popular with a wide range of birds.
Nesting birds love pulling threads from scraps of fabric. Not good to use polyester, nylon or any thread that is not easily broken as it may end up wrapped around a chick's legs and cause some very unpleasant problems. A loosely woven bag of goodies hung in a tree makes the birds' task much easier'.
This is something we would not necessarily think about doing for birds, even we do often give seed, crumbs or meat to various birds.
Glyconutrients were tested on rats during the discovery stage. They improved at every testing. Mannatech's products are scientifically designed to provide glyconutritionals to give optimal health and wellbeing for humans.
'It is good to know that you can give birds a helping hand during the breeding season by offering a range of natural and artificial nesting materials. Piles of suitable material should be left at various spots in the garden where they are out of reach of cats but easily accessible to the birds.
Each species needs its own nesting materials, so whatever you provide, there is likely to be a local bird that will use it. Keep trying different items until you find the most popular ones.
Body feather are used to line many nests. They are soft and provide essential insulation to help keep the eggs warm. Twigs and sticks are the foundation of most nests and are popular with a wide range of birds.
Nesting birds love pulling threads from scraps of fabric. Not good to use polyester, nylon or any thread that is not easily broken as it may end up wrapped around a chick's legs and cause some very unpleasant problems. A loosely woven bag of goodies hung in a tree makes the birds' task much easier'.
This is something we would not necessarily think about doing for birds, even we do often give seed, crumbs or meat to various birds.
Glyconutrients were tested on rats during the discovery stage. They improved at every testing. Mannatech's products are scientifically designed to provide glyconutritionals to give optimal health and wellbeing for humans.
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