I am an animal lover – dogs, cats, horses, bunnies…I’d take them all if I could.  Yet I managed to marry a man who is horribly allergic to almost all animals!  But I digress…

Last night a Purina commercial caught my attention like no commercial in recent years has.  They were advertising improved brain health for your aging dog with a new dog food called, “Purina Pro Plan Bright Mind.”  The commercial described what MCT oil can do for the brain almost perfectly – an “efficient fuel source for the brain” to help them think “more like they did when they were younger.”  I quickly got online to see the ingredients, and sure enough their “Bright Mind”” food contains  “botanical oils” that are actually MCT and palm kernel oil.  I could barely contain my excitement.  If it’s good enough for dogs, it has to be good enough for us, right?  🙂

I’ve been contemplating giving my senior cat, Milo, doses of coconut oil as his energy level has definitely declined the last 6 months (he is 15).  If Purina is promoting it for dogs, it can’t hurt to try it on my cat!  The trick is figuring out how to get him to eat it.  That cat can sniff out anything foreign in his food despite my best efforts to mask it in tuna juice, premium canned cat food, and even good old milk.  Maybe MCT oil that is odorless will do the trick.  Wish me luck!

A picture of Milo “helping” me work: