? Dogs Don't Handle Grain Carbs/Startches/Sugars well ? ? ?

[Doc E]

A lot of folks think that dogs shouldn't have grains in their diets.
Here is an article that disputes this thinking.

The Link : http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles. ... riculture/



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[SubMariner]

A lot of folks think that dogs shouldn't have grains in their diets.
Here is an article that disputes this thinking.

The Link : http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles. ... riculture/
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I think you missed the point of the article. It doesn't defend grains in dog food but instead shows how dogs were domesticated.

FWIW,

[Doc E]

A lot of folks think that dogs shouldn't have grains in their diets.
Here is an article that disputes this thinking.

The Link : http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles. ... riculture/
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I think you missed the point of the article. It doesn't defend grains in dog food but instead shows how dogs were domesticated.

FWIW,

I think you missed this important (one of the main) topics of the article...........[

"Six other regions, containing 10 genes, were involved in digesting fat and starch. Specifically, dogs carry extra copies of the gene for amylase—an intestinal enzyme that cuts starch into maltose—and now produce 28 times more of the protein than their wolf counterparts. Dogs also produce 12 times more maltase-glucoamylase, which converts maltose into sugar, thanks to several mutations in the gene for this enzyme.
“They have made a very convincing case for the involvement of starch digestion in the evolution of the dog,” said Ben Sacks from the University of California, Davis, who was not involved in the study. (Interestingly, some of the changes observed in dog digestion have parallels in humans

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[Allin13]

Doc e kind of off topic but very good read. put this in google, its a pdf file.
FEEDING THE HIGH PERFORMANCE BIRD DOG
Martin Coffman
DVM, Sporting Dog Veterinarian

[Garrison]

So what their saying is that maybe Ezzy does know what he is talking about!

[Brazosvalleyvizslas]

I wouldn't go that far, Garrett.