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from the latest in longevity science to

easy to follow recipes the forever dog

life aims to help your pet live a longer

happier and healthier life please

welcome International bestselling

authors Rodney Habib and Dr Karen sha

back hello how are you doing we're doing

amazing we're so excited to be here

thank you for having us oh my gosh thank

you so much for being here and huge

congratulations on this amazing new book

so how long did it take you to actually

put this baby together my gosh well the

first one was a 10-year project and this

was a follow-up which is about a

threeyear project and I tell you we put

our heart and soul into this yeah he

took every picture and yes yes and yes

there's a lot of of Blood Sweat and

Tears but a lot of love yeah yes that's

absolutely amazing the the the really

cool thing about this book is that it

kind of uh is split into two different

parts there's the forever kitchen and

the forever home for your pets so let's

talk a little bit about the forever

kitchen yeah so we know today with a lot

of science that minimally processed food

seems to be the way to go I mean your

mother will tell you try to avoid as

much Ultra processed food as possible

and get more minimally processed foods

so we take the journey here with just

teaspoons on how to level up in

nutrition to try to increase the

lifespan and health span of your bets

yeah so what we've started with in the

first part of the book is really better

bowls and then healthier homes the

better bowls means that there's some

superfoods that anyone can add

regardless of what they're currently

feeding to make nutrition better to step

up nutrition I love that it's almost

those like easy little

Asos to a full revamp here are a couple

things you can start doing right away

okay so we've got some human food here

which I was not expecting so what are we

talking about well look we were excited

these are longevity Foods these are some

of the three favorites that we have that

are not only incredible for our pets but

for ourselves as well and you want to

start with like literally a teaspoon to

see benefits mushrooms right now you

talk to any longevity scientists it's on

the top of the list eating consuming

mushrooms two a day 18 G according to

science not only do you live longer but

a 45% reduction in the risk of the

development of cancer so this is an

unbelievable ad for you and your pets

and you just got to start with teaspoons

yeah now mushrooms many times

veterinarians says never feed mushrooms

but of course if you're going to Wild

Forge you need to be an expert but

remember that any medicinal or culinary

mushroom that you buy at the supermarket

is safe for your whole family to and

four-legged so if you're purchasing

mushrooms from the supermarket you are

safe and all mushrooms are incredibly

beneficial that you're buying from the

grocery store the part of the mushroom

that we tend to throw out oh and I see

that this one's already been trimmed is

the stem so if you're going to chop that

stem off chop it up and put it on the

top of your dog or cat's bowl and we the

book has a bunch of different mushroom

stews and recipes and ways that we can

get cats and dogs eating some mushrooms

because it is one of those superfoods

that really can add longevity and health

span to your animals see that is so

fascinating and again you get your dog

to do that little Garber action eat up

those scraps that you're going to throw

out anyway abely actually no waste home

some of these things are incredible

sardines like every dog and Cat's dream

my cat would be losing his mind right

now yeah let me tell you the longest

liveed people according to researchers

in Sardinia obviously were consuming

sardines packed with omega-3 fatty acids

packed with like vitamin D packed with

torine and what makes them so special is

they have such a a short lifespan so

they don't accumulate a lot of those

toxins right now that we're talking

about in oceans oh interesting yeah now

when you go to the grocery store

typically you're going to buy can

sardines if you happen to be in an area

where they have fresh or frozen sardines

beautiful but if not purchase the canned

sardines but you're going to get them

packed in water for your dogs and cats

that makes sense and yeah so just no

tomato sauce anything spicy a little

much yeah but a really nice thing that

you can just add to the top of again

anything that you're serving which is

really wonderful eggs are also another

amazing superfood and we can supercharge

any bowl by adding some eggs now eggs

contain all the know acids that dogs and

cats need and choline which is a really

important nutrient that nourishes the

liver and our animal cells oh right now

now the big question is how would you

survey my gosh the number one question

is how do I eat these is it going to be

scrambled is it going to be boiled is it

going to be raw look according to

science you can have them in any format

you want but soft boiling preserves the

egg the most to get all of the benefits

from that egg interesting this is good

to know I was going to say it sounds

like we're at a diner how do you take

your eggs ask your dog and cat you'll

have to ask eggs yeah ask egg how he T

very nicely done now we've got all of

these kind of add-ons but you also

recipes for actual kind of like biscuits

and treat treats listen treats are super

important treats are how we tell our

dogs and cats we love you as well as job

well done yeah but the problem is when

you're buying commercial treats they are

oftentimes Laden with unnatural

preservatives chemicals ingredients from

unknown Origins but also just empty

calorie foods that we really don't know

exactly where they came from whereas we

can make homemade treats for a fraction

of the price and be in full control we

can go organic we can choose ingredients

that resonate with our dogs and cats

body so it's a really nice way to

minimize that ingredient list but

maximize nutrition that's fantastic so

we're going to whip up a little bit of a

z here so what are we adding into here

okay so obviously we just talked about

the benefits of eggs there's our first

staple that we want to uh put into the

bowl we can mix actually all of these

ingredients together love dump them inum

there got coconut oil antibacterial

antimicrobial super food for the brain

medium short uh medium chain

triglycerides in there you've got nut

Butters you can go choose almost any Nut

Butter you want here we got peanut

butter pack with protein Resveratrol

which can help with the divent system of

the body okay so and who doesn't love

peanut butter I mean peanut butter and

also What dog doesn't love peanut butter

and and almond butter is also great

really high in vitamin E which dogs of

course can can benefit from the base of

this could be coconut flour or almond

flour either one and then pumpkin or any

type of steam squash now if you're going

to purchase canned pumpkin you want to

make sure it's 100% pumpkin not pumpkin

pie I was going to say that is a mistake

many people make people make and plain

100% squash including pumpkin is amazing

for the GI track so this tree is

actually really good for animals that

may suffer from a little bit of GI

sensitivity a little bit upset tmy you

got that nice Prebiotic fiber found in

the pumpkin does a really nice job for

making bowels beautiful and healthy

fantastic wonderful now we've got a

couple of extra things that well so we

have this so we have some baking soda

but the star of the show which is the

ginger oh yeah now with all of the

health Ben benefits right now you can

find anywhere in the media pertaining to

Ginger anti-cancer anti- nausea

anti-inflammatory lots of pets suffer

with arthritis Ginger is like the

magical healing tool my grandmother

would love me for knowing that I'm put

it's true it's true honestly these smell

amazing I'm not going to lie when I was

a kid I made dog biscuits for my dog my

mom went by didn't know they were dog

biscuits ate one she said not your best

work but these actually smell amazing so

we mixed that up we've got a little bit

of dough right here and this is the

thing that I absolutely love is you can

kind of cut them however you wish you

can so if you don't have a rolling pin

no problem you can use pizza cut you can

smash them down you know with your

fingers but you can also buy these

adorable bone shaped you can get paw

shaped cookie cutters now precious you

can get them small if you have a little

dog larger if you have a big dog but the

thing I love is if let's just say you

have a dog that you're really counting

calories and you need very small treats

I love stainless steel straws you can

use metal straws and you end up with

these little teeny tiny K almost yes but

healthy and human grade which is

wonderful that is so fantastic those are

so cute again they smell delicious which

is always a good thing now speaking of

smelling delicious in the second half

the other half of your book you also

have the forever home section so real

quick talk to me about what we've got

going on here so what we know today in

research is our homes are have never

been more toxic after 2020 with cleaners

home cleaning products right we want our

homes to smell delicious and great but

the problem are we're called volatile

organic compounds voc's and research is

showing that our dogs and cats because

they spend the most time at home are

absorbing all of these chemicals it's on

the fur they lick they clean themselves

so we want to try to reduce indoor air

pollution and try to make these DIY

non-toxic recipes to unburden the body

of our pets and it's this one's so easy

alcohol of course natural disinfectant

but lemon is full of citric acid malic

acid and you can add some essential oils

you can do Ros moer and clove and that

kills ecoli at home easy peasy easy

cheap and nontoxic and it smells amazing

fantastic and thanks to Rodney and Karen

you're all getting a copy of the forever

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