A 10th published study now supports the use of nutritionally-sound plant-based dog food for our dogs and is yet further proof that by choosing sustainable and kind plant-based....we are all doing the right thing!
This latest study shows how 15 adult dogs maintain clinical, nutritional, and haematological health outcomes when fed a commercial plant-based diet for a year Read the published study here. (Please note that Prof Andrew Knight has kindly highlighted the important summaries in this paper for us)
This study is the most comprehensive and longest known canine plant-based nutrition investigation to date and provides clinically relevant evidence-based nutrition data and new knowledge on outcomes in clinically healthy dogs who thrive without consumption of animal-derived ingredients.
Read more here about the Researchers and their paper.
“The good thing about SCIENCE is that it’s true, whether or not you believe in it.”
– Neil Tyson
Results in study after one year
Overweight or obese dogs achieved a healthier weight, whilst the remainder maintained normal weight. No clinically significant changes occurred within blood and urine. Blood levels of essential and non-essential amino acids and vitamins were all generally maintained.
What’s more, eating a plant-based diet may have addressed a nutritional deficiency!
In a few cases, previous deficiencies following a meat-based diet either improved or disappeared with the plant-based diet, including Taurine and L-Carnitine (important for cardiac health), Vitamin D (indispensable for immunity and bone health), and Folate (required to produce red blood cells).
Thank goodness for all our researchers doing such a valuable job of providing us with the evidence based medicine that we need! Listen to Drs Tona and Annika Linde below
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