Irrespective of the way ducks get their food whether by scavenging or consuming a full ration, duck nutrition must contain all the required nutrients which are vital for growth, maintenance and reproduction. Their feeding practice partly depends on the total number being raised, in case only a few are being kept and are able to access areas they can forage they may survive, grow and be able to lay eggs by feeding on available foods like insects, frogs, snails, table scraps and green plants.
However, they will grow very slowly and the number of eggs they will lay will be low. Therefore, for increased performance it is essential to practice good duck nutrition by providing them with complete nutritional commercially made duck feeds or alternatively you can give them either chicken feeds or poultry feed concentrates mixed with grains.
Good duck nutrition needs to contain similar nutrients as chickens’, but the amount slightly varies particularly in regard to the ratio of every nutrient to the energy present in the diet. Just like other poultry, ducks do not really need protein but require the individual amino acids present in the dietary proteins.
During digestion, the proteins present in the diet are usually broken down to amino acids which the duck absorbs and uses it to make its own proteins that are used in the body for instance those in feathers and muscles. Some of these amino acids usually, the essential amino acids have to be provided in the diet since the duck is not able to make them from any other sources.
Therefore when formulating duck feed, the main attention is given to meet their requirements of essential amino acids. The level of protein that meets the amino acid requirement for the duck can vary slightly depending on the content of the amino acid of the ingredients employed in each formulation.
Good duck nutrition also includes clean drinking water, and this must be available in plenty at least for around 8-12 hours in a day. For market ducks or breeder ducks of over the age of 3 weeks, it may be essential to shut off water and feed at night to assist in maintaining a dry condition of the litter inside the building. If properly done, the practice will not be harmful and does not have any effect on the performance of the ducks during moderate temperature periods.
For the period when the temperature rises to above 90A?F, water must be available during the evening until a time when the temperature drops to below 80A?F otherwise water must be available throughout the night.
Ducklings must be given fed on a starter diet from the time they are hatched up to when they are 2 weeks old. The starter diet must be pellets of diameter 1/8 inch or 3.18 mm or crumbles. When they are 2 weeks old, you can feed them on a grower diet of pellets with a diameter of 3/16 or 4.76 mm.
To promote good duck nutrition, the quality of ducks’ feed ingredients is very essential. Grains that have been contaminated with dirt, weed seeds and molds should not be used. In addition, old vitamin or mineral packs must be avoided because their effectiveness is lost with time especially when they get exposed to heat or sunlight.…
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Whole Food Nutrition – The Industrialization of Nutrition and the Cancer Epidemic
Most people today are concerned about getting cancer. All most everybody knows someone who has some form of cancer. Maybe even someone who has died from cancer.
The American Western medical industry deals with cancer mainly after someone has it. Works great for the insurance, hospital, pharmaceutical and other industries that make huge profits from cancer.
If people were to prevent cancer from even getting started, these cancer for profit industries would be out of business.
It is no wonder many people have come to believe that cancer just happens, its genetic, it just bad luck, the luck of the draw. Basically out of our control. The way the western medical industry deals with disease and illness including cancer, it makes it easy for people to not have to be responsible for their own health.
Changing Perceptions and Facts
More and more people today are starting to understand that this is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
People into natural functional medicine and the holistic natural health movement have know for years that cancer can be prevented and even cured. A lot of the natural preventative strategies, cures and remedies for many different forms of cancer have turned out to be less complicated than we might think. In fact it is often fairly simple and can cost very little.
Greed and pursuit of profit, is why the mainstream western medical and drug industries won’t tell you the truth, why they do all they can to suppress the natural therapies and strategies that are out there successfully working to prevent and to cure cancer. There isn’t the kind of profit they want in natural simple solutions, like nutrition, antioxidants, herbal therapies etc.
Unfortunately the other industry that is part of this cancer epidemic is the food manufacturing industry. The production of processed refined foods, high fructose corn syrup along with industrial meat production and farmed fish all fed nothing but GMO corn, soy and corn like substances, is causing cancer and many other diseases.
Our bodies need the correct kinds and levels of nutrition to be balanced and to function normally. Homeostasis is a term used when the body is functioning normally. When our bodies are functioning normally we don’t have illness and diseases.
When we are eating mostly foods that have been adulterated and changed so much that the food does not really nutritiously resemble its original whole natural makeup, it is impossible for our bodies to enjoy “homeostasis”..
One of the most common results of eating these kinds of foods with low or non existent nutritional value is cancer. Unfortunately it’s hard and getting harder to avoid these foods and get the levels of nutrition our bodies need to function normally, so our bodies can repel and fight cancer growth.
Eating concentrated unadulterated organic whole super foods is one way to supply our bodies with the nutrition and antioxidants we all need to be healthy and cancer free.…
Attention Mothers: New Ideas About Prenatal Nutrition
Many pregnant mothers are shown bizarre illustrations of fetuses at different stages during development. I imagine that many of them wonder about exactly how the miracle of birth can happen out of such a small and strange-looking fetus.
More importantly, many mothers wonder at how important this small collection of cells is, and how it seems to also be exposed to all of the hazards of nutrition even before it is born.
Even miracles need to eat, and the things that a mother eats directly affect the life of an embryo, a baby, and an adult.
Nutrition during pregnancy is a really big deal, as you well know, and we’re going to briefly discus some basics here, if you have a minute for healthy motherhood.
So, we know that it’s important to take steps in ensuring the quality of a baby’s diet. Luckily, nature has taken many of these steps for us and inflicts ladies with irresistible urges for foods high in the nutrients their babies need.
This is why it’s so hard to resist fish sometimes, even we know that getting seafood poisoning could be disastrous and that violent stomach upset may threaten the baby’s life at certain stages.
The problem of getting the nutrients found in fish during pregnancy is not really a problem since the advent of fish old supplements. In fact, many of these supplements contain more than enough essential fats for the development of the baby’s mind, and although these cannot completely replace the nutrients found in a good helping of well-cooked fish, they will go a long way to achieving the peace of mind you’re looking for.
Check out the dosage of DHA in your fish supplement, and make sure it’s the recommended amount, at least 250 mg, for a healthy baby brain and body. If you’re taking fish oil, junior is going to get the ratio of omega nutrients that mommy is eating.
Be careful about vegetable oil, because it has way too much omega-6 in general.
There’s nothing like knowing that one’s child is getting everything they need for a long, loving, and successful life.
I know my mom is constantly affirming the virtues of prenatal vitamins and the role they play in healthy children and adults.
So, when you’re astonished that the cells in your fingers and toes are receiving many of the same ingredients to life as your fetus, remember that the way you treat your whole body will affect the life of the child to come, and that pregnancy nutrition is a hot topic for a reason. Of course, you don’t need to be told that whatever measures you would take for your own mind and body should be taken for the sake of your child as well.…
Nutrition Tip – An Egg a Day is Okay!
One of the most common debate bodybuilders have among themselves is the issue about egg. How much egg do you eat or can you eat in a day? Some say they only eat one while others say they eat as much as a dozen per day!
On the other hand, there are extremists who say that they don’t want to eat egg everyday fearing that it will raise their cholesterol levels. Here are a couple of facts you should know about the almighty egg and why it is safe to eat it everyday.
Egg is the best source of quality protein in the world. It has more than 90% of quality amino acids you need to make your muscles grow, other meat and protein supplement set the egg as their standard or benchmark for protein quality.
Egg contains good cholesterol components that is necessary for your body functioning. Some prefer to eat only egg whites fearing that the yolk contains too much cholesterol. It isn’t too much my friend, if you’ll eat 2-3 whole eggs per day and coupled with exercise, nothing will happen to your cholesterol levels.
Egg is a great source of choline (one whole egg contains 112mg) similar to b-complex vitamin this helps brain development, prevents brain deterioration and cardiovascular diseases. Our body only produce a little Choline and thus we need to get it from external source.
Egg is common and can be bought cheaply at your local stores and grocery shops. You may not find a top sirloin in your local meat shop but for sure there are eggs waiting in line.
Look at the good stuff eating an egg everyday could potentially do to your body. Instead of getting heart disease, the egg has components to prevent it! Don’t readily believe what you hear, instead try to research for facts and prove if it the rumors are true or not.…
Important Nutrition Facts To Help Your Success in Losing Weight!
I have found out some very important nutrition facts that will help you on your journey of losing your belly fat. Understanding how your body works is the best weapon in losing weight.
Calories
Nutrition Fact #1. To make perfectly clear what a calorie is the definition- ” a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure.” So what this means in English is that a calorie is a measurement used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food. Wow, nutrition fact indeed. Now you learned something new.
We need calories in our bodies. However, if you eat more calories than your body burns up, then you will be overweight. many calories do our bodies require? It ranges depending on many your age, sex, height, width, and how active you are. The range is from 1600 for non active women and seniors to 2900 for most men and active women. For myself, I need to ingest 3258 calories a day to maintain my current weight. I am 31 years old, 6’2″, thin and very active.
I suggest you use a calorie counter to more accurately define what your body needs to burn. Or buy a heart rate monitor with a chest strap that will show you how many calories you order to burn off some excess body fat, you need to have an idea of how many calories that your body requires. This nutrition facts page suggests as a general rule, you should try to eat 500 fewer calories than your body burns off. Do not decrease your calorie intake more than that, or you could damage your health.
You don’t have to count every calorie that you eat, but you should get used to looking at the labels on foods. Start having an understanding of what kinds of foods have lots of calories.
-There are 4 calories in a gram of protein.
-There are 4 calories in a gram of Carbohydrates.
-There are 9 calories in a gram of Fat.
Drink Water For Good Health!
Nutrition fact #2. Our Bodies can live without food for weeks, but we cant live without water for no longer than a few days. (How about that for a nutrition interesting!) Even though water has no nutrients or calories, it is extremely important to our health. It helps our nutrients absorb, eliminates waste, regulate circulation and body temperature. It even helps our skin complexion,. much water do we need? Average woman need 8 glasses, and the average men need 12 glasses. Replacing a bottle of soda with a cup of cold water can eliminate 155 calories. If you stop drinking that one bottle of soda everyday for a year, you will save yourself 56,575 calories or 16 pounds of fat!
Good Fats vs. Bad Fats
Nutrition fact #3. Believe it or and oils play an essential part in our diet. You just need to know which fats and oils are good for you, and which ones are bad!
Good: polyunsaturated and monounsaturated oils provide essential fatty acids that our bodies need like omega-3 and omega 6. They also serve as carriers for the absorption of vitamins A, D, E, and K. Olive, Canola, peanut, sunflower and soybean oil also contain the more desirable fats essential to maintaining a healthy diet.
Bad: Saturated fats and trans fats are the bad guys. It is best to either avoid foods with these in them, or choose foods that are very low in these kinds of fats. These fats raise cholesterol levels and increase the risk for heart disease.
Sugars.
Nutrition Fact #4. American Dietetic Association and American Diabetic Association agree that sugar intake is one of the top three causes of degenerative disease. We all already know that sugar can cause tooth decay. However, sugar is also linked to hundreds of medical problems.…
Essential Nutrition Tips to Stay Healthy
A nutritious diet is a well balanced diet that has all the ingredients necessary for maintaining a healthy body. Consumers today are misled with advertisements that promote processed foods and beverages which are falsely considered to be healthy. A home cooked simple meal will be packed with nutrition than the packaged foods. Here are a few nutrition tips to stay healthy,
Include fruit and vegetable servings
Increase the portion of fruits and vegetables that you eat regularly in your daily diet. Visit the grocery store at least once or twice in a week and buy fresh vegetables and fruits.
Stop buying junk food
If you find junk food items and fried foods in the supermarket shelves, leave them there. Once, you start practicing not buying them the eating would stop, consequently.
Avoid sugar-loaded snacks
Opt for nutritious and healthy snacks that are nourishing instead of eating stomach full of sugar laden treats that have no nutrition in them.
Stress on a balanced diet
Nutrition tips include the importance of eating a well balanced diet. Eat balanced diet that is rich in vitamins, carbohydrates, minerals, proteins, fruits, vegetables and less percentage of fat.
Divide meals into smaller portions
Divide the three meals you take everyday into six or seven smaller portions and eat them at an interval of two-three hours. This practice will keep your metabolism rate higher and help you remain nourished all day.
Make breakfast compulsory
You deprive your body of essential calories when you don’t eat breakfast which leads to overeating. Breakfast helps you to stay energetic throughout the day and supplies the body with enough nutrition.
Say ‘no’ to soda and caffeine and ‘yes’ to water
Nutrition tips stress the significance of avoiding caffeine or soda consumption and opting for water to fight fatigue, cleanse the system, regulate the metabolism and to suppress your appetite.…
New Chapter – Organic Supplements For Optimum Nutrition
They tell us we are what we eat and that is a scary thought considering the way many of us indulge nowadays. We eat on the run and simply grab whatever is quick and easy. This is far from what Mother Nature intended for us and so we need additional supplements to our diet in order to be healthy and have strong bones and muscles and immune systems. New Chapter Vitamins and supplements can help bolster the immune system and give us the added ingredients for a healthful daily diet.
The whole food approach to health
There is a long list of supplements that an average person may require in order to maintain top health and vitality. Some of the best in immune support include:
Vitamin C for it’s immune support and cell protective capability. A proven cold and virus fighter, vitamin C is available in many natural sources as well as part of an organic vitamin regimen.
Elderberry (dark purple berries) grows throughout Europe, especially in Austria. They are noted for super support of the immune system.
Ginger is considered a “super herb” with many healing benefits as well as being highly effective at reducing nausea in chemotherapy patients. Ginger has been used for immune support for thousands of years.
Garlic has long been renowned as an antioxidant and for its cardiovascular benefits. Ginger and Garlic work well together to maximize free radical scavenging in a product called New Chapter Garlicforce.
Echinacea comes from a flower and is considered herbal. This tiny flower is super beneficial in its immunoactive effects and is also enhanced by Ginger in New Chapter Immune Support-Echinacea Ginger Tonic.
Probiotics healthy bacteria, is what our digestive system needs to fight off the infections and viruses that attack our bodies every day. Probiotics are cultured in immune boosting organics including fruits and vegetables such as spinach, parsley, oregano, ginger, elderberry, and nutritional yeast to give a boost to the immune system our bodies need.
New Chapter Vitamins, supplements, probiotics, and all other organics offer the purest of ingredients and the most effective boost to our immune system.…