Today on podcast we have Dr. Nick Thompson. He is a holistic veterinarian and has been fighting for responsible species appropriate raw food feeding for pets for 25 years. His tireless drive for healthy pets from birth to a graceful old age brought him to raw feeding in the mid 1990s. Nick is the founding president of the International Raw Feeding Veterinary Society, and has co-authored a pioneering worldwide survey of 79 vets and their experiences feeding raw food. He RFVS since 2012. In 1999, Nick established his specialist practice Holistic Vet, now based in Corsham, near bath. He offers homeopathy, natural nutrition and herbal medicine and a lot of good old fashioned common sense for dogs and horses. His pet topics are gastroenterology and the microbiome and the misuse of pharmaceuticals in medicine. He loves researching all aspects of human and animal nutrition, just like me! Nick also shares his passion for raw feeding with a nutritional consultancy service to the premier raw pet food company in the UK in Europe. He has lectured and consulted in raw food nutrition and medicine throughout the UK, air North Ireland, Finland, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Belgium, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. Nick is embracing social media to spread his message and he you can find him on Facebook at Holistic Vet. You can see him on Instagram at Holistic Vet UK. In addition to all this great work in veterinary medicine, Nick is married to Ellie and has two children, Arthur and Ophelia. They live in Wiltshire, UK and they have six chickens, two peacocks, a snowshoe cat named Ziggy and a Whippet Italian Greyhound cross named Bluebell. When he's not trying to convert the world to a species appropriate diet, Nick has been known to run barefoot, swim and eat real food, not all at the same time. Thank you, Nick for being here. Thank you for all the work that you're doing pioneering better health for our pets and I can't wait to dig deeper into this conversation.
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This is your host, Dr. Jessica Fusch. I created this podcast, The Biohack Your Pets Podcast, as a fun way for me to talk about my favorite things with other experts in my field and provide a resource for pet parents everywhere. These conversations have confirmed what I've always known food is medicine. Better nutrition is the number one way that we can hack our pets biology, therefore helping them live happier, healthier, and most likely longer lives too! Listen, kibble is crap. We have to stop feeding what's convenient and start feeding what is healthiest? So what is healthiest you ask? Whole fresh food of course. But no, you cannot just feed your dog or cat chicken and rice or steak day in and day out. Luckily, there are many pre prepared home cooked or raw diets you can order and have shipped to you. If you want to cook for your pets yourself. However, I have created a YouTube channel all about it. It's called Farmers Market Fito. There are only a few videos right now, but many more are on the way. I also offer personalized diet consultations and formulations. You can find the links to set up an appointment with me in the podcast show notes or on my website key vet care.com kyvtce.com. I look forward to partnering with you and helping you stop feeding kibble and helping you create happier, healthier and longer lived pets.
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