Pet Nutritionists are a Scam!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 เม.ย. 2024
- There's lots of folks on social media calling themselves "Certified Pet Nutritionists" and saying all kinds of ridiculous things, causing all kinds of anxiety and confusion among pet parents. What is a Nutritionist anyway?
I typically don’t call out creators but “Feminist Kitty” on TikTok calls herself a “Certified Feline Nutritionist”. It is my understanding that her credentials include a $1,500 online course in pet nutrition. Now my question is, does that make her an expert? Absolutely not! Board Certified Nutritionist’s take extensive additional training to specialize in nutrition. And they’re also practicing Vets. Taking an online course for six months doesn’t make you an expert!
I just dont like her she isnt even a vet and give advice. I wont listen her
@@kinglinus3708 You know what’s funny is I found her page cause it randomly came up on my FYP one day. I made a comment and asked her what her qualifications were and she immediately blocked me. Now that’s a huge red flag! 🚩 I only know about her qualifications because there’s so many stitched videos on TikTok about her. A professional should never be offended if you ask them for their qualifications. I follow a couple Vet pages and they happily share their qualifications with their followers. And like Glen he tells us his experience. That’s why we’re here cause we want to learn more about pet nutrition!
Glad I’m not on Tik Toc.
Feminist Kitty blocked me on TikTok and instagram when I challenged her "sources" she spreads nothing but misinformation!
It is dangerous to listen to her imo. She tells her followers that therapeutic diets are gimmicky and that you can just feed your cat a diet high in protein and that will solve your cats urinary issues. I feel so badly for anyone who believes her. Struvite crystals are no joke and should be treated by a Vet. This is not up for a debate as far as I’m concerned. A blockage can kill your cat within hours.
There’s one on TH-cam that calls herself a pet nutritionist that only talks ingredients and marketing and NEVER NUTRITION!
Yung, isn’t that what they all do?
hi mr, i was one of those that followed these so called pet nutritionists,tried everything from raw to kibble and everything inbetween but always going by ingredients for my nearly 3 years old border terrier and not looking at nutrients
she was being sick maybe 2to3 times per week,soft poops and didnt clean her bowl
found your channel and liked what i heard and decided to try hills i/d digestive care,voala,been 5 weeks now and no sickness no soft poops and cleans her bowl every time
not a long time i grant you but its the longest shes ever went on a food that didnt have any negative effects
can only feed the dog in front of you and what works for it and hills has been the best up to now so thank you and keep the vids coming,cheers
That's great! Love stories like that!
Hi! First of all, I apologize for my poor English, I'm from Poland and I found your channel. I am a groomer by profession, I have 5 dogs and I meet many dog owners. Currently, for 3 years, there has been a fashion for feeding BARF, high-protein food, catering for dogs, and generally broadly understood "slow food", grain-free, carbohydrate-free - unfortunately, people have stopped trusting veterinarians and veterinary diets - even in serious cases, they ask what to feed "experts" " on the Internet instead of trusting science. This is very sad and upsetting because it is difficult to convince them that they should trust proper scientific nutrition. I know many dogs and cats who lived to their late teens in good health eating Purina or Royal, and they do well, unlike some dogs on poorly composed BARF and other nutrition.
Cheers!
Thank you Glenn for this very interesting video! I had not realized that becoming a board certified nutritionist was such a lengthy and complex undertaking! Thank you for educating us, regular folks, who just want to give the best to our furry companions! 😻🐾🐶
Christine, sure sounds exhausting!
I think I'll stick with the vets and the brands they recommend.
I look so forward to your videos Glenn! Thank you for educating us and being so honest and real!! Keep them coming!! :)))
Thank you! Will do! Part 2 is posted!
Very good! Love your topics!
What’s your thoughts on individuals who take veterinary CE courses? I was considering offering services (still debating) but I do have an associates degree in animal science and I’ve taken the NAVC nutrition course, AAHA nutrition course and as many of the big 5 courses as I could get access to. I’m absolutely not trying to give misinformation, I’m trying to do science based info and to educate owners to the science behind the big 5.
I think CE is great. And even credentialed specialists will differ on certain things though they are all science based, especially with therapeutic nutrition. Hills has a very different approach to urinary diets than Purina and RC, though they all are science based. Sounds like you’re doing great!
Just some constructive feedback:
A lot of people dive into the video & channel description for these sorts of videos, just to see if the person talking has the qualifications to speak on the subject. It's sort of a way to quickly determine if the video is worth the time. So, it might be worth listing your qualifications in your video & channel description (degrees, past employment, etc), just so anyone sceptical can quickly look & see that you know what you're talking about.
For videos, you can actually set up default descriptions, so you don't have to type it out manually every time -- It'll just be there.
Adding links to sources in the description also helps a lot. It shows how well-researched each video is, and allows users to dive deeper & make up their own minds.
Anyway, it's refreshing to have an opposing viewpoint in this debate that is often dominated by one side online, so I hope your channel continues to gain traction.
Wow, thank you for some great ideas! I’m definitely an amateur so need to learn a lot!
@@PetFoodPuzzleGuy Not a problem at all! I have a cat who was just diagnosed with kidney disease, so all this discourse around food can be super confusing & stressful to a layman who just want to do right by their pet, so you're offering a valuable service here.
For me, I always like it when an educational channel operates by "university rules" where it's not just about giving the right answer, but showing why that answer is correct with citations.
One subject that could be interesting to cover is the idea of conflict of interests in pet food studies. Namely, that most of the studies I've found (so far) have usually been funded by or were conducted by people who work for pet food companies (Mars, Hills, Renal, etc). I've seen this used as an argument for why those studies shouldn't be trusted, so I'd be curious to see your take on that. I can definitely understand seeming valid from the point of view of valuing independent, unbiased verification for findings & the incentives for the studies to show their product in a positive light, but again, I'm not exactly in a position to judge the nuances of that issue, so that feels like a meaty subject worth covering.
@@TheMemeRepository sorry about your cat. Hopefully early stages. I have a video on Feline kd. There are a few options from the vet but I do believe, for various reasons, the Hills renal diets are the best. Key now is getting enough calories and reducing workload on the kidneys…. Controlled protein, restricted minerals, and moisture.
I never believed how strong the marketing was until I got pulled into one of these boutique brands. I ignored my vet who recommended 2 of the big three brands. I was sure he was in the pocket of big kibble. I ignored my wife who is in the human medical field. 14 months later my sweet puppy Cockapoo was searching and eating old dog poop. His food drive was over the top. Humbly I went back to my vet and was told my dog wasn’t meeting his nutritional needs. I’ve chosen to switch him to one of the big 3. Can you please review Carna 4 sprouted grain topper? I am using it as a supplement for my senior dog. I was told it would help with his gut.
Thanks for the comments! I need to try and get their nutrient numbers. they are difficult to contact.
I think a lot of these pet food companies are overcharging for dog food and claiming some things that arent really right my vet said that what I'm feeding is just fine and it's a cheaper food and my dog is doing just great so expensive food doesn't mean better
Sheila, there are lots of companies saying things that aren’t right. Your vet is right! Most of my videos discuss that. It’s really why I started my channel.
Oh, dog trainers hate veterinary behaviourists. I feel bad for Dr. Orion sometimes over on his TH-cam channel
Not familiar with him. a pastor friend of mine told me while I was young, ir you do anything worthwhile, you will have opposition.
@@PetFoodPuzzleGuy He has a few videos about how nutrition in pett food influence behaviours. But not many.
So you just want to alleviate the peaples anxiety, basically.
ZFabia, my first priority is the animals but I can identify and sympathize with folks who love their pets like I do. I don’t like them being manipulated.
what type of healthy dry dog food would you recommend?
I don’t recommend brands but I trust Science Diet, ProPlan, Iams if on a budget,
I could say: no one can do their own auto maintenance and repair. No going to an independent mechanic. Only go to a dealership service dept. If you have a headache, no taking aspirin. Go to the doctor for a diagnosis and get a prescription pain killer. But I won't. Happy Mewsday!
Ed, no analogy is perfect but… I wouldn’t want to advise someone on how to fix their car just because I own one. And though I was a medic in the army, I can only guess why you have a headache, but telling you to eat oysters probably not help. It’s really choosing a trusted source.
@@PetFoodPuzzleGuy I said I wouldn't say it. I would never forgive myself if you ever got bored and I could have prevented it! LOL
We're talking about lives. Do what you want with your car. (By the way, I went to buy new tires and was told at the tire dealers that my car needed about a thousand dollars worth of other work that they would do for me. That might be another analogy to the pet nutrition issues.
Better analogy would be buying a Toyota Hilux instead of a Telsa Cybertruck.
My sister works as a technician for Ford and she advises family to buy older vehicles if they want to fix their own cars. The new ones need a diagnostic laptop to access
@@ZaryaTheLaika Do you WANT Glenn to get bored? LOL My vehicle is 17 years old with a manual transmission. And I know that you know I am usually being (partly) facetious. Happy Purrsday!
WAY better audio!
Yep! Got a mic!
Dr Deer is an AI Vet? Otherwise the information is correct.
I said she was an ER vet, not ai.
@@PetFoodPuzzleGuy There may be a real Dr Deer but the video embedded in your video is an AI video, That is not a real women in those video clips.
@@tricogustrico whoa! The Facebook videos come from her Instagram acct. I’ll need to look. That is going to tally freak me out if she is not real! That’s way too scary for me!
@PetFoodPuzzleGuy Courtney Deer, DVM? You're fine. Would take too much work to fake a person across multiple podcast episodes and websites
@tricogustrico Think you need to realize portrait photography use a different focal length than phone photography and selfies.
Dr. Evan Levine, a human cardiologist, thinks veterinary medicine is a scam. There is quite the pushback online to his comments.
Ed, yeah. Must be nice to be a rich doctor whose patients have insurance and don’t look at prices.th-cam.com/video/yJwzHfV-_bM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=dRN8SHPtODGxNJZi
@@PetFoodPuzzleGuy That is one of the videos I watched. There are several others.