Low Carb Dites for Pets?

Dog Health & Nutrition: Low Carb Dites for Pets?

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If you haven't heard about low-carb diet craze, you must have been locked up in a cellar somewhere for the last few years. Now it seems some people that there are folks advocating it for their pets. Comes some sanity from our old friends at the Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine.

"Low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets are a fad in American society today, but should what's popular with people also be popular for their pets?

Dr. Thomas Schermerhorn, assistant professor of clinical sciences at Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, said this is not always the case.

'People are susceptible to advertising," Schermerhorn said. "Just because something is a trend and possibly good for humans does not mean it will be healthy for pets.'" Read more...