Innova EVO is definitely the closest thing I've found to doing the whole homemade food nightmare (yes, for me that is what it is). Many of us work full time, and don't have the time or will-power to cook for our cats. I always feel judged and looked down on because I DO feed dry kibble, because the homemade diet people can be a bit overbearing about it (just being honest), but it comes down to what's actually WORKABLE for each person individually, and I know if I had to cook or prepare REAL food for my cats, it would quickly become overwhelming (I don't even cook REAL food for myself and my human mate, we eat hamburg helper and tv dinners and pot pies). The EVO does not have any grains and is low carb, that being said, it is high protein and high fat, and WILL make your cats overweight if fed free choice. I DO rotate between it and Innova Lite (which does have grains), because obese cats are not healthy. It's a sacrifice that has to be made to keep the balance. I've had them on Lite for 2 months now, and their weight is really good. I just decided to go back to the EVO this week, my next bag of food will be EVO, and they will stay on that until they become fat again, at which time we will rotate back to the Lite. I do fully support anyone who has the time and energy to make homemade cat food to do so, as I fully agree it is better in most cases, if it is prepared correctly, and is fully supplemented and balanced. It's VERY hard to get it that way though, and involves lot's of measuring and dosing many supplements, and doing lots of math and weighing and stuff I'm not good at myself. Not to mention, I have one cat that wont eat wet food, or homemade food at all, and would rather starve to death than go without his free choice kibble, and would not let me sleep, and would meow nonstop if I took it away from him at any time.
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