    * Dog food supplements * Which dogs may benefit from AMAIZE supplements?     |
A Word About Dog Food SupplementsThere is a trend in premium dog foods to utilize meat byproducts instead of grain and to increase the fat content to above 20%. The high meat and high fat content increases energy density and decreases stool volume over the grain based diets, which is a step in the right direction. Unfortunately ethoxyquin, a chemical antioxidant, is no longer used in favor of the natural antioxidant Vitamin E. As a result, much of the natural antioxidants in the diet are used up stabilizing fat during storage. This coupled with the fact that the antioxidant levels in the diet, as recommended by the NRC, were determined for young dogs at rest and not under stress. Hard physical work, aging and stress greatly increase the requirements for all antioxidants. Although dog food manufacturers say that their diets are complete and need no additional supplements, why do we see improvements in performance when hard working dogs, dogs under stress, and geriatric dogs are fed antioxidant supplements?
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