« on: November 09, 2017, 12:06:49 PM »
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.aspxStory 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
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