Feed Your Puppy Right: Real Food on a Budget - AI Podcast
Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health
Briana Mercola
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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- Homemade puppy meals using affordable ingredients like rice, ground beef, liver, and eggs are healthier and more cost-effective than commercial kibble
- Dogs need balanced nutrition, which includes protein for muscle development, healthy fats for energy and cell function, and minimal carbohydrates from rice for basic glucose requirements
- Ground eggshells provide essential calcium for bone development, while egg yolks contribute vitamins A, B, and K
- Dr. Mercola’s "Puppy Power Meal" recipe serves 1 cup per 10 pounds of body weight and can be batch-cooked, portioned, and frozen for convenient feeding
- Proper preparation includes rendering tallow in a pressure cooker, cooking ingredients separately, and combining with essential supplements like fish oil for omega-3 fatty acids
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Dr. Mercola's cellular wisdom. Stay informed with quick, easy-to-listen |
| 0:06.1 | summaries of our latest articles, perfect for when you're on the go. No reading required. |
| 0:10.8 | Subscribe for free at Mercola.com for the latest health insights. |
| 0:15.1 | When you scoop dry kibble into your puppy's bowl, have you asked yourself whether you're |
| 0:19.5 | nourishing lifelong vitality |
| 0:21.2 | or just filling a stomach? |
| 0:23.4 | Hello and welcome to Dr. Mercola's cellular wisdom. |
| 0:26.5 | I'm Ethan Foster, and today you're going to learn how you can feed your growing dog, a |
| 0:31.2 | budget-friendly, nutrient-dense meal made from real food. |
| 0:35.5 | By the end of this episode, you'll know the ingredients, the method, |
| 0:39.1 | and the weekly habits that keep veterinary bills low. In the next few minutes, you'll discover |
| 0:43.9 | why rice, beef, liver, and eggshells outperform fancally branded pellets and how easy it is to |
| 0:50.2 | batch cook. I'm Alara Sky, and my goal is to guide you through the science behind Dr. Mercola's |
| 0:56.0 | puppy power meal. Dogs thrive on protein for muscle development, healthy fats for energy and |
| 1:01.8 | cell function, and only a modest amount of carbohydrates for glucose. Every recommendation you'll hear |
| 1:07.8 | today comes directly from Dr. Mercola's article on raising a puppy |
| 1:11.6 | with fresh, budget-friendly food so you can follow it with complete confidence. |
| 1:16.7 | Let's start with value. Commercial kibble can cost between $1.84 and $2.10 per pound. And so-called |
| 1:25.3 | premium formulas often reach $3 to $4.4. Dr. Mercola's homemade approach |
| 1:30.8 | lands between $1.60 and $1.90 per cooked pound, giving you superior nutrition at a lower price, |
| 1:38.9 | especially when you shop smart at warehouse clubs or ethnic markets. How is that possible, |
| 1:43.8 | and what ingredients should you shop |
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