Have we accidentally bred some dogs for obesity?
Have we accidentally bred some dogs for obesity?
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Have we accidentally bred some dogs for obesity?
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Most dog food is filled with carbs, because it's cheaper. Just like carbs are causing human obesity it's causing canine obesity.
It's not a species appropriate diet for dogs. Just like humans get addicted to carbs so do dogs (that's why it's a great training tool/treat)
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The poison is in the portion. Humans have lived off carbs for many years. Dogs evolved around humans to be able to digest our starchy leftover foods. I give my dog a spoonful of my porridge or brown rice and he's fine. I stop him eating whole slices of pizza we find on walkies as its too much.
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Adding to this. I started keto 2ish months ago, so no carbs or sugar. (Sub 20g a day is my focus). I've lost 25lbs, and 4-5 pants sizes by just eating different. Haven't even started working out yet. It's clearly carbs and sugar that are horrid for our bodies. I went to the buffet for ayce the other day, ate 6 plates and didn't feel like crap. Normally I'd have 3 maybe 4 and feel like a massive pile of bloated garbage for hours
For my dog, I look for anyone without corn. I never feed her the same dog food bag after bag, she never gets upset stomachs, can easily adapt to new foods without sensitivity issues and all treats are 1 ingredient. Liver, or duck breast or pig ear. No 'milk bones' or other filler foods. She's lean like a dog should be.
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Out of curiosity have you made the correlation that by strictly controlling your diet it’s actually calories you’re restricting which is causing the weight loss?
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my wife cannot lose weight with anything even close to a simple carb. She can have high fiber veg in her diet and super low sugar fruit (lemon, lime, avocado) but that is it. fat and protein seem to not be an issue. she does have low thyroid though.
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glad your finding success with keto!
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https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/01/20/golden-retriever-lifespan-17-years/
I fell into a rabbit hole about claims that golden retriever lifespan has halved since the 1970s, sadly I can't find data to support the theory other then citations in older books.
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We’ve accidentally
bread(lol) bred some dogs for a lot of things, like not being able to properly breathe, eyes popping out, weird joint shit, and being riddled with cancer.Edit: one might even say that some breeds are quite akin to deli meats - that is to say, they’re often in bread