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Why can't cats be given bread? The main health risks to your pet.

Why can’t cats be given bread? The main health risks to your pet.

It’s better not to do that.

It may seem that bread poses no threat to the health of cats, but that’s not the case. There are reasons why bread should not be given to pets.

Empty calories: Bread provides no nutritional benefits to a cat’s body.

Difficult to digest: Cats are carnivores, so their bodies require a protein-based diet. Bread is predominantly a carbohydrate that a cat cannot properly chew and digest.

Yeast bread can be harmful to the animal’s body. Yeast triggers a fermentation process in the gastrointestinal tract, leading to the production of ethanol and carbon dioxide. This can cause poisoning in the pet.

Sugar diabetes: If a cat suffers from this condition, it should not be given food that is high in carbohydrates.

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