There is a lot of talk today about good fats, bad fats and their effects on the organism , however, this leads us to make a disastrous mistake: extrapolate the bases of human food to the food of our dog.
Neither the feeding should be the same, nor The nutritional requirements are the same and the fats do not affect the organism of a dog in the same way as the human organism.In this article of Animals and Pets Online we talk about the good fats for dogs and those foods through which can be contributed.
Dogs require saturated fats
The process of domestication of the dog has changed its digestive physiology, we see this clearly if we compare the wolf or other canids with the dog, while they are not prepared to digest starch (from foods rich in carbohydrates), dogs can take small amounts of farinaceous foods.
However, the principles of natural dog food remain stable despite the domestication process, what does that mean? Well, mainly the dog's diet should consist of proteins from meat .
Dogs need high amounts of protein, although in a natural food they do not come alone, because For example, meat does not provide only proteins, but also saturated fats , but they are necessary for our pet.
The saturated fats that the dog consumes must be provided mainly through meat, although the egg or the fish can also be included, what would be an error is that the saturated fats that our dog ingests were contained in a processed and processed food for human consumption.When a dog follows a good diet and obtains fats saturated meat, they play important functions in your body:
- They are necessary for the distribution and absorption of fat-soluble vitamins, A, D, E and K.
- Act as the main energy source of the organism of our pet.
- The fats contained in protein foods, provided they are of good quality, are highly digestible and do not cause any problems of assimilation.
The dog's organism is prepared to eat these fats, in fact, it is an essential nutrient , a proof of this is that a dog rarely shows high cholesterol levels, unlike what if It happens with the human being.
Essential fatty acids for dogs, more than a supplement
In this section we talk about what is known as "healthy fats" , at least in terms of human nutrition, since as we have seen, when we talk about canine nutrition, Saturated fats are also beneficial and necessary for our pet.
However, for proper fat intake it is also important that our dog consumes Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids , since they have somewhat different properties, for example, they have anti-inflammatory action, they help keep the coat in optimal condition and have been shown to have positive effects on some dermatological conditions.We must point out that, unlike Omega-3, Omega-6 an essential nutrient, so it can never be missing in its diet.
If our dog is fed from homemade diets, these fats will be provided through foods that act as natural supplements for dogs, such as for example blue fish (obviam previous entity removal of all scrapes) and corn oil, which can be added in many preparations.
Fats do not make you fat if food and exercise are adequate
The basis of a dog's diet should be protein, and as we have seen in them, the fats are naturally present , this means that they should only be added Omega-6 essential fatty acids and only in those cases in which the dog is not provided with any type of blue fish.
If we contribute the fats mainly to through good quality protein foods, our dog will not get fat, if our dog experiences a weight gain it will be mainly due to one of these two factors:
- The diet The dog's main protagonist is fat and not protein.
- The dog does not perform enough physical exercise.
Therefore we must banish the idea of that an adequate supply of fat will fatten our pet, on the contrary, these fats are necessary and must be present daily in your diet.In the same way physical exercise is necessary , which must also be present day a day.
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