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The basic fermentation takes about 4 weeks in a state of emulsion, divided into bio-reactors (wine vats). Over this period, excess moisture is purged off and then agitated every other day for the first 15 days, until it is thickened, at which point it can be rolled out like clay and die-cut. At this point, we then begin the curing process, which takes approximately four days, depending on atmospheric conditions. It is a cool low-light process likened to wine making. This process leaves enzymes and antioxidants intact.

For unparalleled nutritional potency, use BioCology Pet Nutrition™. BioCology Pet Nutrition™ products are widely used as the finest complete diets. With BioCology products, pets consume only useful nutrition (no by-products, toxins, or fillers). Their stools become noticeably darker, firmer, and smaller. BioCology Pet Nutrition conditions the intestinal tract and cleanses the colon for efficient elimination. BioCology will maintain a beautiful, bright, shiny coat and excellent oral hygiene. Over time, your pet(s) will eat less as they absorb more nutrition (homeostasis/nutrient saturation-thermogenesis). Your pets will have greater longevity potential, increased stamina and endurance for sports/performance, as well as enhanced muscle tone. Mental acuity will be enhanced (stabilized blood sugar levels).

When we describe the VitaMethod as being natural or raw, consider the following. We borrow technology from sausage, jerky, cheese, and wine making. Our process does not include any salting/brining or chemical preservatives. While we consider it raw, you must bear in mind that fermentation alters the molecular composition. Fermentation is an enzymatically controlled process that transforms organic compounds. We introduce all of the fruits, vegetables, herbs, fish, and meats into the fermentation process, fresh, whole, and raw. We consider this not just to be "fresh", but what we call "refreshed" (full of or renewed in vigor). We rely on molecular binding (cross-linking bonds) during the process to control respiration and condensation of moisture (also known as water activity), thereby preserving and maintaining freshness naturally. The fermentation process is a form of predigestion. It makes it easier for dogs and cats to assimilate (e.g., wild prey stomach and intestinal tract contents: acronym IT), which is also a fermentation process similar to the VitaMethod™. That is where we achieve the significant gains in metabolic efficiency (e.g., low consumption, high absorption, and low organic-depleted stools). This helps achieve homeostasis (a stable state or equilibrium, also known as balance) in your pets. We call this nutrient saturation. Furthermore, we use an acid etching technique (e.g. seviche - raw fish marinated in citrus juices), which marinates and "acid cooks" it (alters the cellular tissue at the molecular level) with citric acid, not heat, leaving the nutrition 100% intact, even improved.

Our proprietary VitaMethod™ Fermentation technology naturally concentrates nutrition. The fermentation breaks down nutrients into simpler forms, allowing the molecular structure to realign and create new, healthy compounds, ultimately finding its own perfect balance. Naturally, this process is called hydrolysis. The new compounds are even more potent and nutritious than the original ingredients. Synergies are what "The VitaMethod™ miracle of fermentation" is all about; that is, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. This synergetic process is called glycolysis: the enzymatic breakdown of a carbohydrate (as glucose) by way of phosphate derivatives with the production of pyruvic or lactic acid and energy stored in high-energy phosphate bonds of ATP. We create a variety of molecular structures through fermentation, providing your pets with a diversified diet from a nutritional perspective. For example, wine, cheese, and aged cured sausage are all made under similar conditions; there are billions of reactions, and no two fermentations could ever be exactly the same. Therefore, each fermentation has its own unique characteristics. This ensures you have the most diverse array of nutritional possibilities conceivable. Effectively, you are varying your pet's diet even though you are feeding the same daily staple diet. The VitaMethod™ has been described as a "pharmaceutical grade veterinary nutrition," i.e., pure (outstanding for therapeutic healing and recovery). The VitaMethod™ supports B-complex antioxidants. Dogs need whole food to replicate a natural diet, which is why pets instinctively relate to the VitaMethod™. The VitaMethod™ fermentation emulsion supports dense proportions of enzymes, antioxidants, essential fatty acids, amino acids, and populations of beneficial microflora cultures, as well as electrolytes, thereby generating higher nutritional bioavailability and potency.

When we suggest that the VitaMethod is natural, it is because we grow and source fresh, whole food ingredients; we do not use synthetic ingredients or chemicals. The VitaMethod is a natural, organic process that addresses various issues, including the presence of sprayed vegetables and trapped toxins in meat tissue. During the VitaMethod process of biological transformation, we liberate any forms of trapped toxins into harmless methane gas. This, combined with our unique preservation techniques utilizing naturally occurring ascorbic, citric, malic, and folate acids, we have effectively acid-etched and detoxified everything synergistically and simultaneously. The net result is purity. We don't call it a raw diet, though it may well be interpreted as such. We have been more comfortable using the terminology of "pure diet", which relates to the high non-toxic digestibility and available nutrient value. It is a controlled replication of humus upon the rainforest floor.

Within your pet's digestive tract resides a complex microscopic ecosystem. This consists of a population of millions of millions: trillions of microorganisms that can exist together either in harmony or disharmony. This is known as intestinal flora. The well-being, metabolism, lifespan, physical, and mental state are dependent upon this miniature ecosystem for direction. These 400 unique types of microorganisms within the tract comprise approximately 2.5% of their body weight. When the ecosystem is functioning properly, it protects the body from harmful bacteria, viruses, and yeast.

Additionally, it will improve the performance of the digestive tract and generate necessary vitamins while controlling their concentration. The tiny ecosystem sustains the animal's vital hormonal and chemical balance. This allows for optimal energy, imperative immune function, and even works against compounds that reside in the colon.

It is crucial to know that both the good and the bad microorganisms live in the intestinal tract. Their link is symbiotic but complicated as they control one another's populations. An example would be the destructive organisms, Candida Albicans yeast colonies, for instance, that live in the intestinal tract, are in fact crucial for the digestion of sugars, the discharge of critical enzymes, nutrients, and many other important substances which they produce. Helpful microorganisms like L. acidophilus, among others, prevent the overpopulation of Candida Ablicans yeast. This prevents the harmful spreading of the yeast. Should the Candida Albicans begin to grow beyond a healthy number, infections would form in various regions of the body. This would obviously be harmful to the animal.

Yes, bacteria play a critical role as a link between the body's intestinal flora and its ability to prevent serious illnesses, thereby enhancing the quality of life. Bacteria even aid in healing, immune system efficiency, vigor, vitality, and overall well-being, which are valuable regardless of age. Should the microbial ecosystem within the digestive tract become upset, the probiotic bacteria cannot thrive in necessary numbers to perform their beneficial functions. It is even believed that disturbances in the micro-ecosystem are responsible for up to 90% of known diseases and illnesses.

Most frequently, the stasis is disrupted by the use of antibiotics, stress, chlorinated water, and immoderate consumption of carbohydrates, as in dry, heat-processed pet foods. The bacteria can be harmed by variable levels of alkalinity and acidity in the intestinal tract, which result in an altered bowel climate. This will affect the population, type, and function of the probiotic bacteria. Heat-processed pet foods contain scorched proteins and unnecessary carbohydrates that unbalance the acid/alkaline level of the intestinal tract, which leads to an abundance of harmful microbes. Many prescriptions, anti-inflammatory drugs, and painkillers also have this undesirable effect. A diet high in carbohydrate will also cause this unbalance. This leads to the putrefactive disease enabling bacteria that will win out over probiotic bacteria setting a course for grim heath conditions. These corruptive bacteria frequently release toxins when met with foods in the digestive tract. This adverse set of conditions could lead to an overwhelming toxic load on the body, essentially poisoning the animal. Finally, many degenerative diseases have the capability of taking hold.

An imbalance of microbes in the intestinal tract can lead to a variety of health issues in pets. Common signs of microbial imbalance include diarrhea, intestinal gas, constipation, persistent bad breath, fatigue, weakened immune response, bladder infections, candida overgrowth, allergies, skin fungus, and lactose intolerance.

Regular use of BioCology Pet Nutrition™ foods and supplements helps introduce a consistent supply of beneficial probiotic bacteria to support your pet’s digestive health. This powerful combination works to restore and maintain the natural balance of probiotics in the digestive tract, an essential step in reversing imbalances that may contribute to long-term health concerns.

For pet owners searching tirelessly for safe and effective remedies, this is welcome news.....especially since prevention is always better than recovery. While some microbes naturally come and go, others are permanent residents of the intestinal tract. Both types play vital roles in promoting overall well-being and supporting your pet’s long-term health.

Enzymes digest all the food and break it down into small enough particles to pass through the minute pores of the intestines into the bloodstream. But they do more than digest food. Enzymes in the blood take prepared, digested food and break it down into the components needed to build muscles, nerves, blood, and glands. They assist in storing sugar in the liver and muscles, and turn fat into fatty tissue. There is an enzyme that builds phosphorus into bone and nerve tissue, and another to help attach iron to red blood cells. Enzymes are the keys that unlock nutrition. Pets have a relatively short and simple digestive tract. There is a limit to the extent of digestion that can occur. The absorption of the nutrition cannot occur efficiently with other dry pet foods, which barely get you by.

The partial predigestion of wild prey's stomach contents is an excellent source of nutrition for wild pets. Everything is made of molecules. Some molecules have nutrition. Enzymes unlock the nutrients for absorption within foods. The enzymes in BioCology Pet Nutrition™ products provide your pets with usable, efficient, nutrient-dense nutrition. Not only are most pet foods inefficient, but they can also be toxic. Whatever nutrition can be derived has to be separated from toxins. If you pour clean water into dirty water, the result is not half-clean, it's all dirty. Enzymes are a part of every metabolic process in the pet’s body, from the working of their glands to the proper functioning of their immune system.

Since enzymes are so important, it only makes sense to make sure pets have enough of them. Eating everything raw is certainly one way to maintain enzyme levels; however, for most pets, it simply isn't practical. Some important enzymes are in raw meat which other pet foods do not contain. It is important to remember that pets inherit an enzyme reserve at birth. This reserve can be decreased as they age by eating an enzyme-deficient diet. Enzymes have a limited life and must be replaced regularly. Unfortunately, if you cook food at temperatures exceeding 129 Fahrenheit, all the enzymes are destroyed. By consuming cooked pet foods, their digestive systems have to produce all of the enzymes. While dogs and cats can produce some enzymes, the range is limited far below human capacity. To supply such enzymes, their body draws on its reserve from all organs and tissues, causing a metabolic deficit. Orthomolecular veterinarians have concluded that most dogs and cats succumb to disease and illness due to weakened immune systems. What weakens the immune system? Stress, poor nutrition, drugs, chemical pollution; but most of all lack of particular enzymes. The immune system's function is to fight off all foreign invaders in the body such as bacteria, viruses, carcinogens and other chemicals. The body relies almost totally on enzymes to do its job. Enzymes in their immune system attack waste materials and poisons in the blood and tissues. There is a direct connection between the strength of a dog and cats immune system and their enzyme level. A weakened immune system has a diminished volume of enzymes including those that are defective or worn out. The greater the amount of enzyme reserves, the stronger the immune system, the healthier and stronger your pet will be. The number of enzymes in a pet's body is vast, and yet each one has a specific function. Enzymes are healthful, protein-like molecules with catalytic activity essential to life. There are three classes of enzymes: metabolic enzymes, which run their bodies; digestive enzymes, which break down food to make it available for their body to use; and food enzymes, which occur naturally in food and also help to break it down.

Digestive enzymes have three main functions: digesting carbohydrates (mylases), digesting proteins (proteases), and digesting fats (lipases). When uncooked, food enzymes naturally assist the enzymes produced by the body for digestion. Some veterinary research cites enzyme deficiency as a significant cause of premature aging and degenerative diseases. This is attributed to metabolic stress and organic imbalance caused by a lack of enzymes. On a lesser scale, poorly digested food can block nutrient absorption and produce toxic by-products. Minor discomforts, such as gas, bloating, headaches, nausea, intestinal cramps, and diarrhea, commonly result from internally produced toxins. Because some pets do not produce enough enzymes for effective digestion, this condition tends to become more common and increases with age as the pet’s body makes fewer enzymes of its own. Enzymes play an essential role in the immune system. A pet’s body, however, rates digestion as a higher priority than immunity. Therefore, modern enzyme-deficient diets weaken the immune system. Balance Diet™ feeds much less than a typical heat-extruded pet food made of powdered grains and by-products. This would allow your pets to become nutrient-saturated, and feeding amounts would decrease significantly. Therefore, you would find BioCology Pet Nutrition™ to be the most economical, not to mention a consideration for your pet’s health.

Organic ingredients will result in organic biodegradable stools, which will break down (biodegrade) in your yard much more quickly. One of our customers has six dogs in an area of about half an acre, and his yard is not littered with feces, even after years of not being scooped. It turns to chalk white ash and melts away. It only occurred to him after a few years, as the issue had never been a concern. 

This process takes longer in yards that are made of rocks, turf, or dirt.

Regarding sales hype, we don't participate! The BioCology Pet Nutrition™ VitaMethod™ works. It is a very simple...The proof is in your pet. Any claims made on this website reflect the opinions and experiences of satisfied customers. We do not claim that BioCology Pet Nutrition™ VitaMethod™ is medicine despite the phenomenal results relayed back to us from our customers.

Switching your pet’s food should be done gradually to allow their digestive system to adjust and to ensure they fully enjoy the flavor and nutritional benefits of BioCology. We recommend a 7-day transition period, though sensitive pets may benefit from taking 10–14 days.