RFFDMSUK Reading List

RFFDMSUK - Reading List

The team at RFFDMSUK recognise that many pet parents love nothing more than reading a good book, so we have created a reading list for you that includes materials to help understand of nutrition as a whole, other areas that affect health, physiology and anatomy and more. Although not all of the books in this list are based on canine health, they do give food for thought for our dogs health and our own.

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Author	Title	About
Judy Morgan	Yin & Yang 2.0 Nutrition for Dogs: Maximizing Health with Whole Foods, Not Drugs	Traditional Chinese Medicine Food Therapy has been used for thousands of years to heal people and animals and to maintain good health. The path to good health is good nutrition....
Rita Hogan	The Herbal Dog: Holistic Canine Herbalism Applications and Practice	Presenting safe, clinically proven, and effective protocols for common canine conditions, from acid reflux to allergies to itching, scratching, and yeast...
Kymythy Schultze	Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats	Our own doctors extol the virtues of eating fewer processed foods and adding more fresh foods to our diet if we wish to enjoy good health. Certainly, our dogs and cats deserve the same consideration!
Lew Olson	Raw and Natural Nutrition for Dogs	Many people want to prepare their dog's meals at home, but feel it is too complex. Raw and Natural Nutrition for Dogs provides a road map to the essentials of canine nutrition, written in easy-to-understand language.
James L. Wilson	Adrenal Fatigue: The 21st Century Stress Syndrome	With clear, easy to understand directions, Dr. James Wilson shows you not only how to find out if you are suffering from adrenal fatigue, but what to do to feel good again.
Rachel Mazwell / Jo Rose	Animal Botanicals: A field guide for common plants and hedgerow herbs found throughout the UK	Printed in full colour and divided into handy seasonal sections, you will be amazed at how easy it is to identify and find plants and herbal remedies for your animals that are forgeable and free.
Caroline Ingraham	Animal Self-Medication: How animals heal themselves using essential oils, herbs and minerals	The ultimate guide to the aromatic world of animals showing you the power of self-medication and the transformations that are possible.
Robin Wall Kimmerer	Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants	As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science.
Alex Gough / Alison Thomas / Dan O'Neill	Breed Predispositions to Disease in Dogs and Cats	Breed Predispositions to Disease in Dogs and Cats, Third Edition provides a comprehensive exploration of current knowledge of breed predispositions based on rigorous examination of primary research...
W. Jean Dodds / Diana R. Laverdure	Canine Nutrigenomics - The New Science Of Feeding Your Dog For Optimum Health	Vibrant health begins in the cells. Learn how to transform your dog's cellular health with the power of nutrigenomics in this ground-breaking new book...
Catherine Shanahan	Deep Nutrition	Deep Nutrition cuts through today's culture of conflicting nutritional ideologies, showing how the habits of our ancestors can help us lead longer, healthier, more vital lives...
Keith Woodford	Devil in the Milk: Illness, Health and Politics - A1 and A2 Milk	This ground breaking book is the first to be published internationally that examines the link between the milk we drink and a range of serious illnesses...
Daniel Schulof	Dogs, Dog Food, and Dogma: The Silent Epidemic Killing America's Dogs and the New Science That Could Save Your Best Friend's Life	Recent research suggests that obesity is deadlier for a dog than a lifetime of smoking is for a human being...
Barry Eaton	Dominance in Dogs: Fact or Fiction?	Is Your Dog Trying to Dominate You? You may have read books or seen TV shows that tell you that your dog will seek to dominate you, your family members and other pets unless you become the alpha and put him in his place....
Dr. Conor Brady	Feeding Dogs: Dry or Raw? The Science Behind The Debate	From the vet health professional to canine professional to the avid canine enthusiast, Feeding Dogs is a fascinating, at times shocking and utterly essential portrayal of canine nutrition today...
Ann N Martin	Food Pets Die For	The commercial pet food industry has a secret to hide, and Ann Martin wants to make sure you know it. Her research reveals some startling facts...
Judy Morgan	From Needles to Natural	After using traditional Western veterinary medicine to treat her animal patients for many years, Dr. Judy Morgan discovered a better way to help them live longer, healthier lives...
Dr Ian Billinghurst	Give Your Dog a Bone: The Practical Common Sense Way to Feed Dogs For a Long Healthy Life	Give Your Dog a Bone by Ian Billinghurst is a runaway best seller based on the concept that a natural, raw food-based diet is best for your dog...
Howard Evans / Alexander de Lahunta	Guide To The Dissection of the Dog	Get an up-close look at canine anatomy with the only complete guide to the dissection of the dog. Utilizing detailed descriptions and more than 300 high-quality colour anatomic drawings...
Caroline Ingraham	Help Your Dog Heal Itself: A-Z guide to using essential oils and herbs for hidden and common problems through the aromatic language of dogs	Whether you are working with rescued dogs, or wondering why your dog from a loving home has a behavioural problem, allowing them to address their issues naturally can reveal hidden causes...
Gregory L. Tilford / Mary L. Wulff	Herbs for Pets: The Natural Way to Enhance Your Pet's Life	Herbs for Pets, written by herbalists and holistic experts Gregory L. Tilford and Mary L. Wulff, is the bible for all pet owners looking to enhance their companion animals' lives through natural therapies...
Victoria Aspinall	Introduction to Animal and Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology	A sound knowledge of anatomy and physiology is an essential basis for the effective clinical treatment of companion animals and farm animals alike...
Martin Blaser	Missing Microbes: How Killing Bacteria Creates Modern Plagues	Far beneath our skin exists an unfathomable, ancient universe, an internal ecosystem that is critical to our health. Dr Martin Blaser invites us into the wilds of the human microbiome, unfurling its inner workings and evolution...
Dr Tom Lonsdale	Multi-Billion-Dollar Pet Food Fraud: Hiding in Plain Sight	Behind the glossy ads and hype of the pet care industry lies an inconvenient truth: the industrial diets we feed our dogs and cats are causing a global epidemic of sickness and suffering...
Sally Fallon	Nourishing Traditions	This well-researched, thought-provoking audio guide to traditional foods contains a startling message...
Westen A Price	Nutrition and Physical Degeneration: A Comparison of Primitive and Modern Diets and their Effects	Dr. Weston A. Price, a pioneer in the field of nutrition and health studies. Dr. Price photographed and documented his observations on people from diverse cultures' health and eating habits while travelling across the world...
Turid Rugaas	On Talking Terms With Dogs: Calming Signals	Yawning, lip-licking, sneezing, even scratching are just a few of the 30-plus signals that dogs use to communicate with one another...
Judy Morgan	Raising Naturally Healthy Pets: A Guide to Helping Your Pets Live Longer	Whether you adopt or shop, choosing the right pet for you and your family is a decision that should be made after careful consideration. Once that pet enters your home, what are your next steps?...
Dr Tom Lonsdale	Raw Meaty Bones: Promote Health	Dr Tom Lonsdale's original, pioneering work Raw Meaty Bones is the foremost book on the nutritional needs of pet dogs, cats and ferrets...
Tim Spector	Spoon-Fed: Why almost everything we have been told about food is wrong	The ground-breaking exploration of food myths from what we should be eating for breakfast to whether we should really avoid ultra-processed foods...
Dr Ian Billinghurst	The BARF Diet	Feed your dogs and cats the way Mother Nature intended by eliminating grains and feeding them a BARF, Biologically Appropriate Raw Food, diet...
David Eagleman	The Brain: The Story of You	This is the story of how your life shapes your brain, and how your brain shapes your life....
Anne Lill Kvam	The Canine Kingdom of Scent: Fun Activities Using Your Dog's Natural Instincts	Your dog truly rules when it comes to scenting ability, but you hold the key to allow him to learn how to more fully explore his kingdom...
W. Jean Dodds / Diana Laverdure-Dunetz	The Canine Thyroid Epidemic: Answers You Need for Your Dog	Problems with your dog? It may be his thyroid! If your dog is lethargic, losing his hair, gaining weight or suddenly becomes aggressive, perhaps the last thing you (or your vet!) would think about is his thyroid...
Gary Taubes / Mike Chamberlain	The Case Against Sugar	From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a ground breaking, eye-opening expose that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick...
Lise Hansen	The Complete Book of Cat & Dog Health	Written by a qualified veterinarian, this is a complete and comprehensive guide to health care for cats and dogs, providing invaluable advice on essential aspects of care, such as diet and vaccinations...
Tim Spector	The Diet Myth: The Real Science Behind What We Eat	Why do most diets fail? Why does one person eat a certain meal and gain weight, while another eating the same meal loses pounds? Why, despite all the advice about what to eat, are we all still getting fatter?...
James Serpell	The Domestic Dog: It's Evolution, Behaviour and Interactions with People	Why do dogs behave in the ways that they do? Why did our ancestors tame wolves? How have we ended up with so many breeds of dog, and how can we understand their role in contemporary human society?...
Rodney Habib / Karen Becker	The Forever Dog: The New York Times and Sunday Times Bestselling Dog Care Guide: A New Science Blueprint for Raising Healthy and Happy Canine Companions	Two of the worlds most popular and trusted pet care advocates reveal new science to teach us how to delay ageing and provide a long, happy, healthy life for our canine companions. The definitive, cutting-edge guide for every dog parent...
Jayne Buxton	The Great Plant-Based Con: Why eating a plants-only diet won't improve your health or save the planet	Plant-based is best for health, go vegan to help save the planet, eat less meat... Almost every day we are bombarded with the seemingly incontrovertible message that we must reduce our consumption of meat and dairy - or eliminate them from our diets altogether...
Scott C Anderson	The Psychobiotic Revolution: Mood, Food, and the New Science of the Gut-Brain Connection	Written by the leading researchers in the field, this information-rich guide to improving your mood explains how gut health drives psychological well-being, and how depression and anxiety can be relieved by adjusting your intestinal bacteria...
Dr Marty Goldstein	The Spirit of Animal Healing: An Integrative Medicine Guide to a Higher State of Well-Being	The Spirit of Animal Healing is the follow up to Dr. Marty Goldstein's bestselling book on holistic veterinary medicine, The Nature of Animal Healing...
Catherine O' Driscoll	The Tip of the Needle	In this book Catherine ODriscoll will take you through the gripping tale of her own personal journey, warts and all, from a blind faith in the pronouncement of experts, to the realisation that she had to do her own research...
Odette Suter	What Your Vet Never Told You	Have you gone from veterinarian to veterinarian and not found the answers you are looking for to help your animal heal? Is your animal still suffering while you feel helpless?...
Catherine O' Driscoll	Shock To The System	Over-vaccinating combined with stress, poor nutrition, and other factors is putting our companion animals at risk for serious diseases including auto-immune disorders, cancer or even death...
Catherine O' Driscoll	What Vets Don't Tell You About Vaccines	Catherine O'Driscoll, prompted by the early death two beloved dogs, went to work to find what happened to her companions. Driven as only a bereaved pet owner can be, she located and analysed volumes of veterinary research that pointed to over-vaccination as a cause of a multitude of canine ills including early death...
Matthew Walker	Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams	Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep...
Amy Marshall	Why You NEED to Feed Your Dog a Raw Food Diet: A Complete Introduction for Beginners	Amy Marshall has been blogging about raw diets for dogs since 2012. Now she has compiled her expertise into an in-depth, easy-to-read explanation on why you should switch your dog to a raw diet...
Robert M. Sapolsky	Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers	Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction...
Judy Morgan	Yin & Yang: Nutrition for Dogs	Why should you prepare food for your pets? It is simple. The pet food industry has let you down. You have depended on them to provide wholesome nutrition to keep your pets healthy..
Dr. F. Batmanghelidj	Your Body's Many Cries for Water	Your Body's Many Cries for Water This book explains a new discovery that lack of water in the body--chronic dehydration--is the root cause of many painful degenerative diseases...

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