Realizing Grain-Free Doesn’t Mean Carb-Free Dog Food
December 1, 2010 by Paris Permenter and John Bigley
Filed under Health, Tips
The last few weeks, canine nutrition expert Tracie Hotchner has been talking carbs and canines. Today Tracie tackles a common misunderstanding about grain-free dog food. According to Tracie:
People often assume that a bag of food marked “grain-free” is carbohydrate-free – but what it actually means is that the food does not contain any cereal grains (either whole or refined grains) and instead relies on ingredients like potatoes and brewers rice. Grain-free diets may actually be quite high in carbohydrates because they usually depend on brown rice and/or potatoes, which are a carbohydrate with a high glycemic index. Technically speaking, corn is not a grain either and is really cheap, and therefore can be in a product marked “grain free.”
This Canine Nutrition Tip is from Tracie Hotchner, author of The Dog Bible and award-winning host of Dog Talk® on NPR station WLIU. Canine Nutrition Tips are sponsored by Proportions, the whole food custom nutrition program for your dog. Visit www.Proportions.com to get a custom 2-meal trial for your dog, or to learn more about canine nutrition from the full Canine Nutrition University classes written by Tracie.
Author photo courtesy www.traciehotchner.com; photo © Ling Li
About Paris Permenter and John Bigley
DogTipper publishers Paris Permenter and John Bigley are a husband-wife team of full-time writers. The couple has authored over two dozen books and 2,500+ magazine articles.
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