If we have pet food food that sustains pets, why do humans have so much trouble getting the right nutrients?
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True nutritional deficiencies like scurvy and rickets are incredibly rare in the kinds of societies that also have the resources to feed their pets special food. When they do occur, or if you want to talk about the kinds of minor nutritional imbalances that kale smoothie-drinkers care about, it’s because humans are permitted to choose what they eat and pets aren’t. Some people choose to prioritize things like cost or taste over nutritional balance. If you afforded dogs the same kinds of choices, they would have the same kinds of problems.
Furthermore, once you’re talking about nutritional deficiencies more subtle than scurvy etc., it can be hard to tell if pets have those problems too. Your cat can’t communicate that it feels bloaty and lacks energy in the afternoon.
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