Dogs Fed Kibble Have Elevated Levels of Metabolic Stress and Systemic Inflammation
https://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2017/11/08/kibble-fed-dogs-metabolic-stress-levels.aspx
Story at-a-glance
*My guest today is Robin Moore, a student at the University of Helsinki who is involved in the DogRisk research project to learn more about how nutritional, environmental and genetic factors influence disease in dogs
*Robin is involved in a Dogrisk metabolomics study to better understand the relationship between canine health and diet
*His study results to date suggest dogs fed a dry diet undergo significant metabolic stress
*The dogs on a dry diet also showed elevated levels of homocysteine, a marker for inflammation