Grain Free? -- Maybe Not

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Grain Free? -- Maybe Not

Post by Del Lolo » Thu Nov 14, 2013 8:43 am

“The genomic signature of dog domestication reveals adaptation to a starch-rich diet”
"Dogs Adapted to Agriculture. As wolves became domesticated, their genes adapted to a starch-rich diet of human leftovers."

RAW? -- Grain free ?
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Re: Grain Free? -- Maybe Not

Post by Winchey » Thu Nov 14, 2013 12:07 pm

It is common knowledge dogs are not strict carnivores. Raw diets advocate tripe, most grain free are usually just corn free, and have rice or pototatoes instead of corn. Corn also is one of the best ways to get lutein, an essential nutrient to dogs.

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Re: Grain Free? -- Maybe Not

Post by Del Lolo » Thu Nov 14, 2013 7:27 pm

Winchey wrote: pototatoes
Isn't that the same way that Dan Quayle spelled it :twisted:

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Re: Grain Free? -- Maybe Not

Post by Cajun Casey » Thu Nov 14, 2013 9:13 pm

Del Lolo wrote:
Winchey wrote: pototatoes
Isn't that the same way that Dan Quayle spelled it :twisted:
No, he spelled the singular, "potatoe." He was busy inventing climate change at the time so he was a bit distracted.

The carbs study has been around a bit. Grainfree is a huge fad right now. Nutriceuticals that don't require a script are the next wave. I bet Royal Canin for the initial push.
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Re: Grain Free? -- Maybe Not

Post by Del Lolo » Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:24 am

Cajun Casey wrote: The carbs study has been around a bit.
This study was published in January 2013.
Nature, 2013: doi:10.1038/nature11837, 2013.

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Re: Grain Free? -- Maybe Not

Post by Labs4Me » Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:07 am

I posted about this in the Raw thread:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v4 ... 11837.html

But the knowledge that domestic dogs have an increased ability over wolves to digest carbohydrates isn't new to this study. Just the identification of candidate mutations which show signals of selection for adaptation to a diet with carbohydrates and thus support for the theory (in the scientific sense of the term) that the adaptation was crucial to domestication.

Comparisons to wolves regarding diet may now be invalidated:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v4 ... 37_F2.html

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