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Grain-Free Foods Are Killing Dogs
If you have a dog, you need to read this.
My dog Abby has been a part of my family for 6 years. But this is the first time I have heard that grain-free food is dangerous for dogs.
So I started doing a little research and I found articles from back in 2019.
Leaving grains out of your dog’s diet, however, might be a far greater health risk than keeping them in. According to a warning from the Food and Drug Administration released last week, grain-free food might be giving dogs a life-threatening heart problem called dilated cardiomyopathy, or DCM. The science is still preliminary, and it’s based on a potential association between diet and heart disease in fewer than 600 dogs. But as this link continues to be investigated, these new concerns tell a cautionary tale about how contemporary American culture approaches health and nutrition — and not just for pet owners.
The FDA has still not advised against grain-free food, however:
The FDA stopped short of recommending that consumers switch their pets off the grain-free foods. “Because we have not yet determined the nature…
