👉 What Biologically Appropriate Nutrition Means
👉 Dogs vs Cats: Nutrition Explained
👉 Common Feeding Mistakes
👉 How to Read a Pet Food Label
👉 Is Your Pet’s Food Working?

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Biologically Appropriate Nutrition for Dogs & Cats

If you are confused about pet nutrition, you are not alone.

Most pet parents are exposed to:

Conflicting advice
Ingredient buzzwords
Strong opinions without explanation

BiologicallyAppropriate.com exists to simplify one core question:

How are dogs and cats biologically designed to eat?

Everything on this site is built around that question — using anatomy, evolution, and nutritional science rather than marketing language.

This Start Here hub will guide you through the foundations in the correct order.

What “Biologically Appropriate” Means

Biologically appropriate nutrition means feeding in alignment with an animal’s:

Digestive anatomy
Metabolic design
Species-specific nutrient requirements

It focuses on what the body can digest, absorb, and utilise effectively over time.

It does not mean:

One specific diet style
A trend or ideology
A rejection of science or regulation

It is a framework for understanding food biologically.

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Dogs and Cats Are Different by Design

Dogs and cats are often fed similarly, but they are not nutritionally interchangeable.

Dogs are adaptive carnivores.
Cats are obligate carnivores.

That biological difference affects:

Protein requirements
Fat utilisation
Carbohydrate tolerance
Long-term health outcomes

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Common Feeding Mistakes (and Why They Happen)

Most feeding mistakes are not caused by neglect — they are caused by misinformation.

Common examples include:

Focusing on ingredients instead of biology
Assuming “complete and balanced” means optimal
Treating dogs and cats the same
Changing foods without understanding why

Understanding these mistakes helps prevent confusion and unnecessary diet changes.

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How to Read a Pet Food Label (Properly)

Pet food labels are designed to meet legal requirements — not to educate pet parents.

This guide explains how to interpret:

Ingredient lists
Guaranteed analysis
Marketing language versus biological meaning

It shows you what labels can — and cannot — tell you about a food.

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Is Your Pet’s Food Working?

A food can meet regulatory standards and still not be ideal for your individual pet.

Rather than asking “Is this food good?”, this guide helps you assess:

Digestion and stool quality
Skin, coat, and shedding
Energy levels and weight stability

These are biological signals, not diagnoses.

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