If a person eats dog food or cat food will it cause health p

[AALokeVodlese]

eating regular food.

Since the dog food cat food was made to give the dog or cat a well balanced meal.
Will it also give a person a well balanced meal.

[Baldimapperk]

the food shouldnt cause health problems as dogs cats and humans all need the same minerals and vitamins. But we need them all in different amounts so it is not balanced for Humans. Just check the ingrediants first. But i dont recommend because they usually taste like crap.

[g]

The simple answer is no. Dogs and cats are primarily carnivores so a wellbalanced meal for them should not include nearly as much vegetation as a wellbalanced meal for a human would.

On top of that there are so many different qualities of dog and cat food and many of the lowerquality brands are mostly made out of corn and have very little real meat in them.

A person probably could live off of dog or cat food but they would not be very healthy.

[RangerHolll]

It is not harmful in small amounts but just as you said its made for the animal that is on the bag. It will not provide people with proper nutrition and will make a person sick if eaten long enough. I would advise against eating it at all.

[proudlesya]

It is not balanced to human requirements but you could eat it and get most needed proteins and such

However eating it a few times would not cause any health problems. There are a few foods out there however that a human could eat on a daily basis i.e. Blue Buffalo By Nature and subsist on.

[JediaCard]

Pet foods are designed to be balanced nutrition for dogs and cats not humans. If you want to find out what they taste like give it a shot there isnt anything in them that you cant eat. However there isnt anything in pet foods that you would normally want to eat these foods are made from stuff like intestines and lungs that people normally avoid.