Stalk About Nutritious: It's Corn! We’ve covered various myths about grains as a group in the past, but as the summer ends (sweet corn!) and we shift into fall (cornbread, corn s […]

AI Pet Nutrition Cage Match: Bard vs Bing vs ChatGPT There’s been a lot of media attention recently on “AI” or artificial intelligence. Several large tech companies have recently made available to th […]

What Nutritionists Wish You Knew: 5 Homecooked Diet Mistakes & Misconceptions A common task of a Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionist® is to design custom homemade diet recipes for pets that have health issues or for pet […]

Dramatic changes to pet food labels proposed by AAFCO If you are like many pet parents, you’ve had the thought “why can’t pet food labels be easier to interpret?” or “why can’t pet food labels be m […]

All About Ash We’ve previously discussed the Guaranteed Analysis on a pet food label, which includes the percentages as fed of protein, fat, fiber, and m […]

Comparing kitty's calorie costs I previously posted on the costs of feeding various types of commercial dog foods: dry foods, wet foods (cans, pouches, tubs), fresh food (cooked […]

Expensive eats? Comparing the costs of different types of dog food I was recently teaching a group of veterinary students and we got into a discussion about the costs of various types of pet foods. Pet food costs […]

Raw diets: Pet owners frequently underestimate human health risks Raw meat-based pet diets have become more popular in recent years and can be found in nearly any pet supply store. We’ve previously discussed p […]

To Chelate or Not to Chelate [Minerals]? Pets, like people, have some minerals that are considered “essential”. This means that they need to be obtained from their food to have normal bod […]

Carb Confusion: Part 2 – Measuring and Comparing Carbohydrate in Pet Foods In part 1 of this topic, we defined the term carbohydrate and discussed whether pets need carbohydrates and reasons why carbohydrates are included […]

Carb Confusion Part 1: The Role of Carbohydrate in Pet Foods It has become trendy to advertise pet foods as being low in carbohydrate (like a wolf or a wild cat would eat) and to emphasize the type of […]

Is it the food? Pet food-associated illness Food-associated illness (“food poisoning”) is generally quite rare in pets compared to people. However, it does happen and it is important to kno […]

Putting the brakes on a chowhound Some pets get very excited about mealtime. So excited that they gobble up all their food within seconds of it being put into their bowls. When I […]

Research Review: Comparing “senior” and “adult” cat diets We have previously discussed senior diets and the lack of consensus on when exactly a pet becomes a “senior”, what dietary modifications are app […]

Pancreatitis: A Real Pain in the Abdomen Pancreatitis, or inflammation of the pancreas, is a common health issue in both dogs and cats. It occurs when digestive enzymes that are stored in […]

Treatment of Hepatic Lipidosis in Cats You may have heard that cats can get a serious liver disease if they stop eating for more than a few days. This condition is called “hepatic l […]

Assisted Feeding: When to Consider a Feeding Tube Many health conditions and diseases as well as some injuries and birth defects can lead to pets that either do not have enough of an appetite to […]

Helping an old dog or cat maintain his tricks: Nutritional management of Cognitive Dysfunction As our pets live longer lives, we face new medical challenges in maintaining them with a high quality of life. One condition that can have an […]

Research Update: Testing for Food Allergies While food allergies (also called adverse food reaction or ‘AFR’) are uncommon in pets, diagnosing them or ruling them out completely remains a fru […]

Pondering Pet Protein: How much protein should my pet get? Protein is a very important nutrient for all animals. A large part of animals’ bodies is made of protein – muscles and organs as well as many hor […]