Is there a problem with cats having a sweet tooth?

Cats are not sensitive to sweetness and can't taste sweetness, so they are easy to consume too much, and sugar is very dangerous for cats, easy to gain weight, and easy to cause kidney disease.

Sweet foods eaten by humans contain a lot of food additives and possibly preservatives, which cats cannot metabolize out of their bodies after ingestion.

And cats eat sweets and their teeth will be bad, cats are not like people who brush their teeth twice a day, plus they often eat sweets, of course, their teeth are more likely to be broken. Eating too much sweets is easy to gain weight, cats are no exception, cats are too obese is not a good thing, obesity can cause some diseases in cats. Cats eat too much sweets and are easy to lose their hair, and the shovel officer eats and drinks well every day to support the cat, so that he can raise a smooth and supple hair.

It is best not to give the cat sweets. Cats' taste buds can't feel sweetness, and sweets are all sugar and fat, which are not too needed by cats. Cats are carnivores, so it's best to give him meat.

1. Cats can eat candy. Cats will treat it as a normal food because felines cannot taste sweetness due to the presence of genetic defects.

2. What you can't eat and what you can do and what you can do

Liver: Eating too much will cause vitamin A poisoning, affect the bone development of cats, cause bone deformities, osteoporosis and so on. Severe vitamin A poisoning can also cause death.

Grapes and raisins: Grapes and raisins can cause kidney failure in cats. A small amount can also cause vomiting or something. Maybe you've fed them, but don't feed them until you get sick.

Onions, garlic: Onions can lower their number of red blood cells, leading to anemia. Garlic and shallots can cause gastrointestinal upset.

Raw eggs, raw meat, sashimi: First, there are too many bacteria. Second, there is an enzyme in them that will affect the absorption of vitamin B, and the lack of vitamin B will make the cat's ** and coat color very bad.

Coffee, tea, all caffeine: A large intake of coffee can cause caffeine poisoning in cats, which can be fatal in severe cases. Cats with caffeine poisoning will have restlessness, shortness of breath, palpitations, muscle tremors and other manifestations.

Alcohol: Alcohol can cause a lot of damage to a cat's liver and brain. 2 teaspoons of whiskey can make a 5-pound cat faint, and 3 teaspoons can kill you.

Fatty meat, bones: Eating too much fatty meat can cause pancreatitis in cats. If you don't eat well, bones can easily get stuck in your throat or block in your digestive system.

Chocolate: Chocolate is lethal to cats, and the lethal substance is theobromine, which is found even in white chocolate, and is especially abundant in dark chocolate.

Milk, all kinds of dairy products: kittens are actually fine when they drink milk, but big cats can't drink it, because the gastrointestinal system of big cats can't cope with dairy products, and they may have indigestion after drinking, and they may also have **itching due to allergies.

Some cats like to eat noodles or desserts, mainly because sweets have a high fat rate, abundant moisture, and a good sweet taste. Just a light smell doesn't guarantee that all cats like it.

Some sweets cats can be taken in moderation, such as sweet potatoes, melons, sour milk, bananas and apples and other fruits and vegetables can be taken in moderation and small amounts to meows, but it is not recommended to give small pets too much sweets, once the sugar content is too much, it will cause pressure on the cat's kidney function, and it will cause diarrhea and kidney failure.

In fact, cats not only don't taste sweet, they don't use sugar, and more importantly, they don't use the key to sugar content - carbohydrates. In the cat's daily diet, it is necessary to minimize a lot of carbohydrates and other sugar-containing ingredients, otherwise it will be harmful to their physical and mental health. 

Although cats can't experience sweetness now, studies have shown that the longer they keep and eat kitten food at home, cats can gradually get used to ingesting and digesting some carbohydrates.

Cats like to eat sweets, which is an important sign of sweetness as a rich sugar in historical growth, which is interpreted by the brain as "a lot of plant protein = calories and nutrition = delicious". In fact, no cat can't eat sweetness, cats lack the gene of sweet receptors, and as a result, they can't produce the right protein, and cats can't taste sweetness.

To quickly determine whether a food is valuable, animals hide "taste receptors" at the base of their tongues – proteins on the surface of cells that quickly communicate with their brains to make decisions through taste.

In a large number of "actual battles", the animals judged that bitterness represented poisonousness and acid represented immaturity.

In this process, sweetness, as an important marker of rich sugars, is interpreted by the brain as "a lot of plant protein = calories and nutrients = delicious".

This is fortunate for them, because of the problem of the tooth structure of cats, they are born with weak oral health, and eating too much sweets can lead to dental plaque, tooth decay and other diseases in cats.

In addition, due to the lack of glucokinase in the cat's liver, a key enzyme that controls carbohydrate metabolism and prevents excess glucose.

If the sugar can't be consumed quickly, it will accumulate in the body and make it quickly turn into a "big fat cat"!

Some cats like to eat cakes or desserts, mainly due to the high fat content in sweets, sufficient moisture, heavy milk and good taste, but it tastes good, but it does not guarantee that all cats love to eat. Some cats like to eat cakes or desserts, mainly because sweets have high fat content, sufficient moisture, and a good milky taste. It just smells good, but it doesn't guarantee that all cats love it.

Some sweets cats can be eaten in moderation, such as sweet potatoes, watermelon, yogurt, bananas and other vegetables and fruits can be eaten in moderation and a small amount for meows, but it is not recommended to give pets too much sweets, once the sugar intake is excessive, it will burden the cat's kidneys, and the light will have diarrhea, and the heavy will cause kidney failure and other diseases.

In fact, cats not only don't taste sweet, they don't need sugar, and more importantly, they don't need sugar. In the daily diet of cats, try to avoid a lot of carbohydrates, as well as other sugary foods, otherwise it will be harmful to their health. 

Although cats can't feel sweet now, studies have shown that the longer they live and eat cat food, cats are able to slowly get used to eating and digesting some carbohydrates, and perhaps with this change, it is no longer a dream for cats to taste sweetness in the future.

In addition to the role of taste factors, there is also an important reason why human beings like sweets** come from sugar, so human beings generally prefer sweets. Then we might as well look at why cats don't like sweets and what kind of food they like from the two points of taste and energy**.

1. Taste. Cats don't have a protein called T1R2 in their genes, and this protein is an important part of the sweet receptor, so cats are not born with a sense of sweetness, and they naturally don't have a special preference for sweets.

2. Energy**.

Cats' energy** is protein, so they eat more protein and fatty foods. Especially when cats lack this ingredient in their bodies, they will subconsciously want to replenish this substance. We all know that protein can be converted into amino acids, because cats need more protein, so foods containing a lot of amino acids are loved by cats, such as shrimp, crabs, etc.

A cat's taste buds don't feel sweet, and a cat is a feline and a carnivore, so he doesn't need sweets.