What Is in the Conventional Cat Food
 

Cat food is usually made of animal corpses which are pressed, colored and preserved with artificial flavorings. Dry food is obtained by removing all the moisture these corpses have.

Cat food may cause illness. Cheap cat food is health hazardous in the long term.

Animal by-products

Only about half of a slaughtered animal is used for consumption. The rest is used otherwise. Manufacturers try to maintain the profit margin in the killing of these creatures as high as possible. Everything from the animal corpses that is not suitable for human use could end up in the "food bowl," at least theoretically, starting at the nose, ears, sexual organs, blood, etc. Animal by-products thus also find their way into the stomachs of the pets living with us.

Animal by-products can cause a variety of diseases. They can promote cancer and many other degenerative diseases. The fish introduced in cat food often contains high amounts of mercury, bacteria and toxic chemicals.Not all cat insurance plans cover problems resulted from bad food.

Official declaration of "meat and animal by-products" under 79/373/EEC: "All flesh parts of slaughtered warm-blooded land animals, either fresh or preserved through an appropriate procedure, and all products and by-products resulting from the processing of animal carcasses or parts of carcasses of warm-blooded animals."

Endotoxins

Salmonella and other pathogens are found in about 50% of meat meals. The food of domestic animals is heated to prevent disease. This process favors the release of endotoxins. Endotoxins are suspected of causing renal diseases.

Hormones

Growth hormones are used with "farm animals" so that they grow faster and are stronger. Growth hormones can cause cancer.

Additives

Many additives that are not approved for human consumption are safely used for animal food. There are so many preservatives, dyes and food supplements of questionable quality which jeopardize the long-term health of a pet.

Preservatives and antioxidants

• BHT
• BHA
• Etoxyquin
• Sodium nitrate is also used for coloring

BHA = Butylates Hydoxan

Possible diseases favored by BHA

• Cancer
• Liver damage
• Brain defects (including developmental disorders)
• Behavior disorders

These substances are often not listed on the packaging!

Inferior fats

According to Lisa Newman, fats from restaurants and chips stands which come close to the disgust factor in terms of quality and are used for animal feed are responsible for many allergies in pets. Strongly heated fat contains tons of toxic substances.

Money Saving Tips

 

There are many ways of saving money, insurance, finance and contracts having a great savings potential when it comes to the household budget. Mortgage payments, insurance, credit strains on the monthly expenditure can quickly stress you out and there is also the costs of living.

You can easily save a few hundred Euros a year if you compare the amount of contributions of various insurance companies and your loan offers.

Saving tips on finance, insurance and loans for moms

Insurance contracts should be completed in the shortest period of time possible. The operators offer discounts for long contract terms, but in most cases, it is better if the contract period ends sooner. Of course, the services you receive should also be of the best quality, so a good contract meets both these requirements.

You should pay attention to your installment payments for insurance. You can save up to 5 percent if the premium is paid annually, as opposed to a cheaper monthly payment.

A loan is a very expensive service you pay for again and again. Therefore, you should be very careful. If you have a purchase planned for the next few years, then it can be very helpful to start building up some reserves. In other words, loans should be avoided. There are alternatives to loans for the financing of goods and you can skip the high interests. Of course, a deposit may be required or the duration may be limited.

If all the documents relating to your finances are well sorted too, then the chances of overlooking an invoice are very low. The costs associated with an account are usually high so you might have surprises when you withdraw money the second day. In other words, the papers say that you have more money in your account than you actually have.

The income tax is quickly returned if all the documents are in order because the sooner it is paid, the earlier you get a credit with the tax office. This money can then be used to make a profit.

You should also create balances to achieve gains. It is your mistake if you leave money in the checking account. The interest rates you can obtain are so low that they do not pay. You should resort to other alternatives. The money should be available all the time, but you should also achieve some gains like with a savings account.

It is advisable to compare offers in all areas where money is involved. This is the only way to find really inexpensive deals. Small print contracts should be read in particular for there are often some clauses which justify the big money withdrawals from your account. Compare the cheapest offers. If the services offered are the same, then you should also compare the performance of these services and then decide for the best offer.

A checking account with no fees is certainly a very good choice. But you should always make sure that there are no additional conditions which can annul this advantage. A checking account with a minimum or free entrance fee is only recommended for people with monthly revenues. It may be that the account is offered free of charge, but each transaction is then charged. You might have to pay per transaction, per direct debit and so on.

Save taxes: Married people usually have higher benefits than single people. The limits are usually doubled. Thus, the expenses deduction is retained twice for married people, but the taxation system is not linear. Thus, marriage saves costs.

Many people can receive grants, but are not aware of this. Families in particular can get bonuses in many situations, but they must apply for them. Obviously, those who do not get informed about them cannot get them. For example, children can benefit from allowance, but they must apply for it. Also, families can get housing benefits and then they do not have to pay their rent on their own if their income is low or very low.

Algae Control, Algae in the Aquarium

 

Algae probably belong to the list of least liked guests in Aquarium. The algae make the pool look dirty. But what are the causes of the algae?

Causes algae:
Algae are usually caused by too high of a nitrite content of the water. If there are plenty of fishes stocked in a tank, the nitrate may not be reduced quickly enough and the concentration in water increases. With the increasing concentration of nitrate, there will be an increased risk of algae. Water with high nitrate level is ideal for algae.

Light can cause the uncontrolled growth of algae too. Too old of lamps or flash of color in the light can promote algae growth media. Many components of the yellow light can prevent most algae growth.

CO2 deficiency may well contribute to the growth of algae when the pelvis is supplied with sufficient CO2.

 What algae is the aim?
Algae are a dime a dozen, but one can generalize the algae crude, the most common algae in aquariums are:

• Beard algae (red algae)
• Brush algae
• Grey-brown diatoms
• Brown diatoms
• Blue-green algae blue
• Black Blue Blue-green algae
• Black spot algae
• Green spot algae
• Extensive green algae

What to do against algae?
There are several ways to combat algae. There are several products and chemicals that can interfere with the metabolism of algae and thus stop the growth of algae.
The best and most comfortable in the long term is to find the causes of algae growth. You may replace the aquarium water filter and lighting , with yellow light, or install a CO2 system.

Good algae eaters are:

• Dwarf Pleco/Ancistrus
• Siamese Algae Eater
• Otocinclus
• Apple/ Neritina snails
• Shrimp

Naturally, the manual removal of algae is necessary. You may also remove aquarium plants heavily infested by algae. You may also reduce the exposure of light.

The Halloween Customs

 

Halloween customs

The creepy and beautiful atmosphere of the Halloween has everyone to celebrate the occasion regularly. It has become a tradition and some customs for the celebration have been practiced for long.

It is also a custom during the Halloween to wear nice costumes like the doctor costume.

For many centuries, the Halloween has been celebrated by a lot of people and customs and traditions are part of the celebration. These make the celebration more memorable for everyone.

One of the traditions is about  love. It has been done by a lot of people for so many times already. The freshly harvested nuts are thrown on fire. The effect on the nuts will be the main basis. For example, you can use different nuts with the names of the loved ones. Label them and throw them in fire. The nut which burns brightest is, of course, the chosen one.

If you have a partner already, you can by nuts to have an idea on what will happen in the future. If both nuts got burned, this is a good sign but if one nut jumps out of the fire, this is a sign of infidelity.

There are different customs practiced during the Halloween. One thing that you have to remember is that you need to have a nice costume like the dreamy doctor costume. You just have to discover them yourself.

Learn the Rules of Omaha Hold em Poker

 

Generalities about the rules of Omaha Hold'em
The course of the Omaha poker game
Specificity of Omaha in terms of hand formation
The different variants of Omaha Hold'em
Hi/Lo Omaha
Hi Omaha

Omaha is one of the most popular poker variants in direct competition with Texas Hold'em. The rules of this game are simple but it has still certain characteristics as compared to other variants of poker. In general, there are two versions of Omaha poker: Hi/Lo Omaha, which is played especially in North America, and Hi Omaha, which is played especially in Europe.

Generalities about the poker rules of Omaha Hold'em

Omaha Hold'em resembles another very popular poker variation when it comes to the course of the game, Texas Hold’em. However, Omaha has some specific features when it comes to the formation of hands but also the gameplay.

The course of the Omaha poker game

An Omaha Hold'em game has four stages: pre-flop, flop, turn and river. In the pre-flop, each player receives four cards face down and then they have to decide how they bet in the first round of betting. Once all bets have been made, the dealer deals the flop which consists of three community cards visible to all players. A new round of betting then starts. Then a fourth card is revealed, the turn, and then a fifth one, the river. Now all the community cards have been dealt.

Specificity of Omaha in terms of hand formation

Remember that a player must use two cards out of the 4 distributed in the pre-flop and three cards from the community cards to form his hand. Also note that the Omaha poker games are generally Limit games, that is to say the raises are limited and pre-established early in the game, and more rarely but almost never Pot Limit or No Limit games.

The different variants of Omaha Hold'em

There are two Omaha poker variants. Hi/Lo Omaha is played more in North America while Hi Omaha, on the other hand, is played more in poker rooms and casinos in Europe and at the best poker sites online. The two versions of Omaha are very interesting and totally different from a strategic point of view even if the course of the parties remains the same.

Hi/Lo Omaha

High/Low Omaha is a rather original poker variation. Each party usually has two winners who split the pot - on the one hand, there is the player who forms the strongest hand and then there is the player with the weakest hand. However, sometimes a player manages to have both the highest hand and the lowest hand, in which case he gets the whole pot. It is this rule that makes this Omaha poker variation so interesting. Therefore, you can try to form the lowest hand instead of looking only to outperform your opponents.

Hi Omaha

The Omaha Hi variant is a classic variant with only one winner, namely the player who has the strongest hand. This is usually a Pot Limit game

Laser Treatment for Superficial Blood Vessels

 

Superficial vessels on the face, trunk and extremities can be removed by the long-pulsed neodymium-YAG laser with a green wavelength (1064 nm). This is almost free of side effects.

Applications

The most important applications for vascular lasers are for red enlarged veins on the cheeks and nose (rosacea), spider naevi, haemangioma or ruby ??spots (Angioma), congenital blood vessel abnormalities such as port-wine stains (nevus flammeus) or blood sponges (hemangiomas). Vasodilation in the legs, called spider veins, may not be effectively treated with this laser treatment. A cosmetic laser surgery treatment of spider veins is therefore effective only in combination with sclerotherapy.

Operation

The neodymium-YAG laser produces a so-called selective photothermolysis. The laser energy, which are very short green light pulses, is selectively absorbed by the red blood cells in the enlarged veins. The red blood cells are heated to bond the vessel walls. This can target destroyed superficial blood vessels in the skin without damaging surrounding tissue.

Pretreatment

The treatment usually requires no special preparation of the skin. To avoid pigmentation problems, you should avoid the sun a few  weeks before the treatment. There are necessary doses of medication. You should discuss the treatment with us. For some medicines such as antibiotics or anti-malaria drug, which can make the skin light sensitive, you need to inform us about these medications.

Treatment

To protect your eyes during treatment should have a special eye protection. Each pulse covers a circular area of three to seven millimeters in diameter. Through a newly developed separate cooling device, the upper skin layers are cooled continuously during laser operation. So you will feel only a slight stinging or tingling sensation during treatment. A local anesthetic is usually not necessary. Depending on the size of the treated area, the treatment may be for only five to 15 minutes.

After treatment, the fine veins on the face and the skin can be slightly reddish for several hours and possibly a little swollen. To prevent swelling, you should treat the skin area for about an hour with wet compresses or cool bags to keep it cool. Since you are allowed to put make up to the laser-treated areas immediately with a standard make-up, you can be socially presentable once again. Sports activities are also unrestricted. However, you should avoid sun exposure and tanning the skin four weeks of intensive heat treatment. The success of the treatment can be assessed after four weeks. The removal of extraneous blood vessels never succeed in a single session. To removeblotches, usually, about two to three sessions are required.

For larger vessels, such as haemangioma, blemishes, spider veins, bluish discoloration can happen after the laser treatment done by a cosmetic doctor. This could last for several days. While a single treatment for the so-called ruby spots on the upper body is usually sufficient, the treatment of major blood sponges (hemangiomas), blemishes and spider veins may be lengthy and may require at least 5-10 sessions. The treatment of spider veins should be combined with desolation.

Risks and side effects

More serious side effects such as blisters, scabs or scarring occur in contrast with older lasers or sclerotherapy but are usually not longer. At times, pigmentation problems are temporary. The permanent lightening (hypo pigmentation) or darkening (hyper pigmentation) of the treated skin areas is extremely rare when UV light is strictly avoided for at least four weeks before and after treatment

Habitat for zebra finches Can Never Be Too Big
The lively zebra finches with their bright color and their horns are typical for anyone who wishes to observe birds, a nature experience. Most of the animals kept by us are originally from Australia and live there in large flocks. Nevertheless, zebra finches can live a good life up to eight years old assuming that the holder takes into account their preferences and wishes for an appropriate habitat.

 

The beautiful and relatively robust birds should never be kept alone and need lots of space to fly and run around. Therefore, there can never be too large cages and aviaries for them, just too small. The basic dimensions of a zebra finch cage are a pair of 80 to 100 cm in width, 40 to 50 cm in depth and 50 to 70 cm in height. The grid spacing should not exceed 12 mm. The selection from cages and aviaries is huge. You'll be spoiled for choices.

Rods to sleep and for gymnastics

A variety of equipment is essential to a species-zebra finch attitude. Finally, your feathered friends will never be bored. As seating is standard you must offer perches with a diameter of 8 to 12 mm. Natural wood in different thicknesses and at different altitudes are attached to the cage. You need only to pay attention to the fact that they can embrace it because otherwise they do not wear their claws. Zebra finches prefer to sleep in nests that they, if there is space and the opportunity build, like yourself. If you don’t want offspring, however,  you should refrain from nests.

Since zebra finches have a great urge to move, they should be allowed to climb and do gymnastics in their aviary and should be allowe onto ladders, ropes or small branches that are hung in the cage, to invite gnawing. Since the animals in the wild spend a large part of the day looking for food, you should also offer them opportunities to try to find their food. You can even buy a piece of equipment or toys appropriate for filling with food in your pet store.

Scratch to eat, bathe

Feeding bowls are available for hanging to the bars, and there are food bowls made of ceramic.  You also need  bird sand and a Whetstone for the well-being of your feathered friends. One must in the habitat of zebra finches in no case be missing: the bathroom. Since zebra finches in addition to the preening and well-being very much like swimming – it’s even common – it is standard necessarily then to provide a bath house or a large enough bath bowl, so they can be splashing in it to their heart's content.

Now you need to still choose the right location for the bird cage, with no train, smoke and loud noise, then you've done everything that your charges when you feel it is right.

Kids Digital Cameras - Sturdy, Waterproof Cameras as a Gift for Little Artists

Photography is not just a hobby that inspires many adults. I's great for children to be able to create do it yourself photos and record a piece of their world. Since commercially available digital cameras are quite sensitive, however, there are special cameras for children. These are made to survive without difficulty if they are thrown or dropped and are equipped with very large buttons and bright colors adapted to the needs of the kids. So the kids can express their creativity without having to have to worry about the camera!

Waterproof Digital Camera from Fisher Price
With this device nothing can really go wrong! The camera is well padded, waterproof and ergonomically shaped. Available in blue and pink and patterned with different covers, it also makes it a hit! Especially practical: the camera has two adjacent search windows. The child must not screw up their eyes! Images are transferred via USB to the computer.

Crayola Kids Camera
The camera from Crayola makes small children the artist: The camera with the convenient handles includes a child-friendly software that includes games and workshops. It also includes a scrapbook kit, and everything the child needs to create a creative photo album, such as colored paper and glitter. The camera takes pictures at 2.1 megapixels.

VTech Kidizoom Digital Camera
The Kidizoom is a small high tech device! The robust and handy camera with double zoom, not only can be connected to the computer and the TV, but with the accompanying headphones, the child can even listen to music because the camera, as an alternative to taking photos,  takes up to 60 MP3 files!

Underwater Video Camera from Little Tikes
The Little Tikes camera in the unusual design can make not only photos, but also video films of 10 - 15 minutes. Since it is completely waterproof up to one meter in depth, it is the perfect companion for summer enjoyment. Rather than in a search window, everything is displayed on a display, so that children have it when filming their environment or in view.

Disney Pix Click Hannah Montana or High School Musical
Find more simimar gifts at www.babystoys.co.uk.Disney has a large selection of cameras for children and young people. Particularly enthusiastic about the design here, the popular movie theme shows such as Hannah Montana or High School Musical. The major asset for Disney fans: with the Disney image templates and backgrounds can own the photos will be edited first.

3 Ways to Lose Weight

1. The weight loss patch

Perhaps the most attractive advantage of using a patch is that it is very easy to use. You do not have to remember to take any pills, there are no special diets and no exercise routine is required. Of course, sticking to a healthy diet and exercise program is best for your overall health, but if you cannot stick to it all the time, the patch may be a solution that works better for you.

A weight loss patch provides your body with the active ingredients by transdermal ways, meaning through the skin. The patch ingredients go directly into the bloodstream, bypassing the digestive tract and the liver. Simply apply the patch on a smooth surface of the skin and change it every three days. That is all the maintenance that is required.

Hoodia patches can also be used occasionally, if you are traveling and you know that you eat a lot, but you are too busy to cook the right foods. A patch suppresses your appetite, which will help you develop good eating habits and find your ideal weight. This principle is also called the Jojo numbers principle.

2. Appetite suppressant pills

In the first place, curbing the appetite to stop the influx of calories seems the logical way to lose and maintain your weight. But we are bombarded with confusing claims for appetite suppressant pills which are printed everywhere - on the radio, on television, on billboards while driving and so on. Therefore, it is difficult to know which diet pill can help you lose some pounds and to keep them away.

Some diet pills increase your heart race, cause your hands to shake or give you a general "wired" feeling. To avoid these problems, stay away from products like ephedra, ma huang and ephedrine.

A herbal diet pill, which has been advertised a lot lately, is Hoodia Gordonii. The authentic plant comes from the Kalahari Desert in South Africa. Respectable television shows lasting 60 minutes like the Today Show, BBC and even Oprah's "O" magazine have reviewed it for its fast acting appetite qualities. While it may take 1-2 weeks to work fully, many users report a decrease in their appetite with the first pill.

In fact, Hoodia has so many positive reviews that a lot of knock-off products are now sold to the uninformed, especially on the internet. Real Hoodia is very rare because it takes up to 7 years for the Hoodia Gordonii plant to mature to a point where it has appetite suppressant qualities. In addition to this, the South African government is now limiting the amount of Hoodia it exports, which means that only a few suppliers have the real thing. Given the fact that Hoodia is so rare, you can expect it to be a little more expensive than other diet pills.

Another diet pill which helps you lose pounds is Herbal Phentermine. This is a non-prescription appetite suppressant scientifically designed to produce similar effects to those of the popular Rx version of phentermine.

The good news is that the herbal version contains only natural ingredients so that you do not have to worry about side effects. Moreover, you can save the time, cost and embarrassment of a visit.

Herbal Phentermine will not only suppress your appetite, but it also improves the metabolism so you burn more calories and have more energy.

3) Carbohydrate blockers

Perhaps you’d rather not have your appetite suppressed. You may like to eat all the pasta, bread, rice and potatoes you want. If this sounds more like your style, then you may want to try a carbohydrate blocker.

Scientists have discovered that people like to process the foods they love to eat, but they hate the idea of gaining weight. Now, you can stop the normal conversion of starchy foods like sugar before they pass through your digestive system and are stored as fat on your hips, thighs, buttocks and abdomen. Derived from white beans, the resulting carbohydrate blockers (starch neutralizer) are natural products. They work by neutralizing the alpha amylase enzyme that digests the starch from food.

This digestive enzyme being neutralized, it will not be digested anymore. Instead, it remains intact and is not converted to sugar. It is simply undigested through the body and acts as a fiber - which is a very good thing. You get more fiber through your intestines while avoiding the transformation into sugar and the resulting fat storage - a definite win-win situation.

Diet products:

1) Have to contain natural ingredients
2) Should have no harmful side effects
3) You should be offered a 100% money-back guarantee

Organic Dog Food to be Dog Flea Free

The following article deals with organic dog food, which means in particular food that is produced by biological means. We will look closely at this dog food after giving a short definition and imagine a typical product. At the end, you have to decide whether it is better to give your dog organic dog food or to resort to the normal dry food and wet food.

 

Similarly to human food, dog food is also increasingly exposed to chemicals and genetic manipulation that threaten the health of humans and animals alike. More and more dog owners return to chemical-free food and organic dog food to counteract this trend and focus on a healthy diet. Organic food is important fot the dog to be dog flea free. You need to do the best dog flea treatment through the food that your dog eats.

So what is organic dog food?

The real problem now is that the term organic is uniformly defined and, in consequence, dog owners give it different interpretations - mostly wrong ones. There are many dubious manufacturers who are trying to make a profit. One possible interpretation is that the food must contain ingredients tailored to the dog. Warning: This is neither a general nor a legislative directive. In contrast to the usual food, organic dog food is not contaminated, does not cause food allergies and is low in cholesterol.

In addition to this, no fillers are used, mostly because large amounts of grain are dispensed in dog food. This way, the amount of feces is reduced and the digestive system is relieved. Only the matter of preservatives is problematic in this case. Although the manufacturer advertises preservative-free dog food, these unwanted agents are included in most cases since the raw materials purchased need not be declared separately. Generally, a lot of attention is paid to the origin of the ingredients. Herbal products such as vegetables and herbs come from the impeccable production of agricultural, animal welfare-friendly food. Organic food is a vital part in the best dog flea treatment to help dogs become dog flea treatment.

 

Where is the danger?

 

Low-quality dog food can affect your dog's digestion and cause diarrhea. According to the sentence "You are what you eat," a high-quality diet based on biological-derived dog food can prevent the dog from suffering from disease and becoming a permanent guest of the vet.

Thus, organic dog food is suitable only for sensitive dogs or breeds. Organic food contains both dry and wet food and lasts for a long time. It is also often not very expensive. Let’s compare a can of Terra-Pura with a can of Pedigree. You will come to the conclusion that the prejudice that organic products are expensive is not true. Organic food is definitely worth its price because you spend a little more money for quite a considerably larger amount of high-quality meat.

My Dog Food is a good example of organic dog food. Pay attention strictly to the quality ingredients that provide the dog with all the essential nutrients. According to the slogan "Only the best for your dog", this food contains only muscle meat, organ meats, vegetables and fruit, which contain no additives or chemicals. Some manufacturers go even further and guarantee that the dog food is manufactured in the same conditions as foodstuffs and preserved only in mild conditions. All the ingredients are mentioned by name and the amount is listed on the package. It is difficult to prove that not all products lack additives as the manufacturers claim.

The offer is diverse and includes dog food from poultry, rabbit and lamb to horse and cattle. And it comes in cans of 400 g and 800 g or in a storage package.