Healthy And Nutritious Bird Food

By Author: Tim Bridges
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When it comes to nutrition, the general consensus among experts is that birds and humans have much in common. You know how you read everywhere and hear often that processed foods with too much salt, sugar, or fat are bad for you? That eating too much junk food including potato chips, cheese puffs, sugary breakfast cereals, donuts, cakes and cookies is the death knell when it comes to optimum health?

Same with birds! It's true. All of these things that in excess affect your mood and energy in negative ways affect birds too. Too much bird food that is processed and junky causes intestinal disorders, disease, skin problems and allergies in both birds and human beings. In birds they can cause serious feather problems, too!
Also on the bird-specific list of foods to avoid in excess are carbonated beverages, chocolate, caffeine, and products with white or bleached flour. (Do you recognize these warnings?)

And interestingly, when it comes to bird food, birds love seeds in the same way that children - and adults! - love candy. They will very often reach for their favorite seeds instead of the foods that are ...
... healthier for them. And to continue with this analogy, seeds alone - just like candy - are not sufficient for a proper, nutritious diet. Even if birds have many different kinds of seeds at their disposal, seeds will not supply them with the breadth of vitamins and minerals essential to better bird health.

Most bird food experts agree that the best diet for most seed-eating birds consists of vegetables, fruits, pelleted foods, and a treat on occasion.

Many of you will have seen ‘superfoods' in the marketplace; powders consisting of a huge variety of fruits, vegetables, vitamins, minerals, protein, fiber, and other essential ingredients for a nutritious, balanced meal.

Yes, they have these ‘superfoods' for birds too! These Bird Food ‘formulated diets' are a blend of grains, seeds, vegetables, fruits, and various proteins, and additional vitamins and minerals, all mixed together and baked. These foods are sold in several forms, including pellets, crumbles, and nuggets. Unlike a seed mixture, where the bird can pick pick pick at the seeds he/she likes best, these other forms make it more difficult for the bird to pick out individual components, ensuring the bird is getting a much more nutritionally balanced meal.

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