Big Kibble: The Hidden Dangers of the Pet Food Industry
with Guest: Shawn Buckley & Dr. Oscar Chavez
There are over 470 million dogs worldwide. And owners who love their dogs like family. What if you learned you are secretly killing your dog? Would you stop? What if you learned that the dog food you are feeding your dog is eroding their health and speeding them along to diseases like cancer and type 2 diabetes? And your veterinarian is recommending these foods. Dogs get the same diseases as their human’s today. And just like their humans, nutrition is the problem. If you listen to this show you won’t be able to say you didn’t know any longer.
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Show Notes:
Big Kibble: The Hidden Dangers of the Pet Food Industry
[4:50] Why did wet dog food go away?
- Tin and metal became scarce during WWII.
- Kibble is shelf stable for years.
[7:47] Removing moisture and elevating temperature to prepare kibble is harmful to pets that consume the kibble.
[10:59] Are people becoming more enlightened on the topic of pet food?
[11:47] Advanced glycation end products resulting from kibble processing.
- High temps and long processing time results in more AGE’s from the results of the Maillard reaction.
[15:40] Do veterinarians get any nutritional eductation?
- It is not common practice.
[24:00] voting with your dollars.- the correlation between your personal nutrition and that of your pet.
[35:22] The role of carbohydrates in dog.
- Domesticated dogs have a genome that has adapted to a more carbohydrate rich diet.
- Poorly processed carbs can lead to metabolic disease, however.
[40:00] Titrating from kibble to a raw diet.
- Simply fortifying with whole foods lowers risk of disease.
- Whole food diet offers full benefits.
[56:14] Melamine in kibble of the past?
[59:42] What are professional and show dogs eating?
- Lower cost raw meat that was rejected from processing.
[1:03:55] Is oral care required for a fresh, whole-food diet in dogs?
- The oral health of the dog will be better on a raw diet.
- Daily brushing cannot be replaced.
- Kibble does not break down tartar.
[1:11:22] Why do domesticated dogs have to get their anal glands expressed?
