Nutrition

Nutrition is a contentious subject! Unfortunately, there is a lot of conflicting, confusing, and misleading information on nutrition available to pet owners. When in doubt, make sure that the information you're reading comes from a trusted source and is backed by research. 

In addition to articles on this site, be sure to check out NutritionRVN and Feeding Raven Doodles. 

Petfoodology is a reliable blog run by veterinary nutritionists, and you can find additional resources at www.acvn.org

Click a link below to explore a topic in companion animal nutrition. 

WSAVA Guidelines Explained - How To Assess A Pet Food

 

WSAVA, AAFCO, and DACVNs: Acronyms Explained

How to Evaluate Your Pet Food's Ingredients List

What Do Vets Know About Nutrition?

Are Vets Bought By Big Pet Food?

Raw Food Diets

Raw Re-Visited: Recent Research (2021)

The Rap On Recalls

Allergy Tests for Dietary Sensitivities

Prescription Diets: Science or Scam?

 

My Dog Got Sick After I Changed Her Food: A Personal Tale of Diet & Illness

Diet-Associated Dilated Cardiomyopathy: 

Comprehensive Q+A

Timeline

 

Randomized feeding trial in Labradors supports link between DCM and diet

 

         Change of diet reduces measurement of heart damage marker in dogs fed grain-free        

 

         Disinformation Still Dominates Diet & DCM Dialogue

 

         March 2022 Research Again Shows Link Between Cardiac Changes and Non-Traditional Diets

 

         Survey on DCM Incidence Alongside Grain-Free Diet Growth Not What It Seems

 

         Pet Owners Recount DCM Heartbreak in FDA Comment Docket

         Biochemical Analysis Provides Clues to Mechanism in New Study: August 2021

New Diet-Associated DCM Study: Feb 2021    

Another New Study Links Diet and DCM: Dec 2020 

Shady Science? DCM Research and Expression of Concern 

PFI Continues to Allow Authors to Obfuscate DCM Investigation 

FDA Quietly Issues 2020 Update on diet-associated DCM at Kansas State Forum

Troubling Industry Influence in DCM Investigation

"150+ Study Analysis Shows No Link between Grain-free and DCM?" Not quite. 

New Research Out of UC Davis on Diet and DCM, 2020

Should I Switch Diets? Grain-Free, DCM, and the FDA.

RE: Recent Statements on DCM via PetFoodIndustry

Is Big Business and Bad Science Behind the FDA DCM Investigation?