![]() ![]() In addition, a paper – Dietary beet pulp decreases taurine status It’s not about rice being, or not being, in the diet. In fact, diets that are loaded with peas, lentils, or whatever else should not be an issue if there’s enough methionine + cysteine – but again, that’s on paper. Meat based diets should have no problem meeting this requirement – on paper. The body requires two amino acids (methionine and cysteine ) to make taurine. Yet others say that the lack of grain in the kibble is causing a taurine deficiency, and the theories are getting bigger and louder by the week. Some say that diets with novel proteins/ingredients are the problem. That may be a bigger issue than in the past (when grains were being used) because these legumes have properties that lessen nutrient availability to the body. So, when we see a meat source listed, there’s really no way to know how much of the protein is coming from that source, and how much from the peas, etc. Peas, beans and lentils add protein to the diet, so the amount of protein shown on the nutrition panel on a bag of kibble reflects it. It comes a bit late since the investigation started quite a while ago. That makes some sense, and the FDA has put out a warning. Others say that kibble containing peas and lentils are causing the problem. I’m here to tell you that I’ve worked with dogs that were. You may have heard that raw fed dogs, especially those eating animal hearts can’t be deficient. ![]() IMHO this needs to be about the dogs’ realities rather than our preferred feeding methods. I hope you’ll join me in this endeavour by Sharing this post because when all is said and done it’s our dogs that are at risk. ![]() Taurine deficiency in dogs has been seen in raw fed, kibble fed and home-cooked fed dogs, and not accepting this fact is dangerous, so I want to try and be a part of the solution rather than divisive. ![]()
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