With humans, healthy eating is about more than just the food on your plate – it is also about how you think about food. However, with animals – our family pets – healthy eating is a choice that we must make for them, and we are not doing a very good job. We have been sold bad information by Madison Avenue and the pet food manufacturers themselves. Labels on dog and cat food claim to be "scientifically formulated" and "balanced" for a pet’s health while the actual food may (legally) contain condemned and contaminated material from slaughterhouse facilities, roadkill, dead, diseased, disabled, and dying animals (Beware of the 4D’s) picked up by dead-stock removal operations; and, although the industry vehemently denies it, euthanized companion animals. These are just protein sources. The time on earth we get to spend with our pets is short and precious. If their lives could be enhanced and extended by months, if not years, by a simple change in diet, what a blessing it would be to know we created some extra memories with our loved ones just by being aware. Begin today: Read the label.