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07-17-2009, 05:46 AM | #1 |
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| Brown Rice vs White for Diareaha I have read that Brown Rice is better to use when your pup get's diareaha because of the vitimins and nutrients in it, however, a girlfriend called me last night to tell me her vet said not to use brown rice for this problem because it has too much fiber in it. Only white rice because of the starch content, is better for diareaha than brown. First time I have heard this and it does makes sence. Just passing on something new I learned. Of course every vet has his or her own thoughts on everything but if brown has more fiber than it's not going to help much in aiding diareaha I would think. |
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07-17-2009, 05:52 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member | The time Max had upset stomach I used white rice and worked,I'll like to read the comments on this, we always learn something new here LOL Thank you Carol for the info.Is Buddy's stomach fine now?
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07-17-2009, 06:00 AM | #3 |
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| I have always used white also but recently when he was sick I read that brown has more vitamins etc in it. So I bought brown. Made sence, however, I never thought about the fiber content in brown and we all know you take fiber to go not vise versa. Just wanted to pass this along and get other's thoughts on the subject. Last edited by ARCHIE; 07-17-2009 at 06:01 AM. |
07-17-2009, 07:25 AM | #4 |
YT Graphic Artist Donating Member | I've read that brown rice is better than white for a regular meal (more nutrients), but for loose stools, white rice is better.
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07-17-2009, 07:35 AM | #5 |
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| Not sure what one is better for it but my guess would also be white.
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07-17-2009, 07:38 AM | #6 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | When a dog is sick, I'd give white rice for sure. Dogs don't have the easiest time, even when healthy, digesting complex carbs - so more simple carbs will be easier on their entire digestive system when sick. The method in which dogs digest carbs is also why you see "potatoes", for example, in lots of premium foods instead more complex-chain carbs. Nothing wrong w/ brown rice, but if a dog can't digest it well - the potential benefit of it may not even be realized...and in fact might go undigested.
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And Susan Davis recommends potatoes for most of her ibd dogs...so I wonder how the potatoes inflame the intestine? Did anyone ever tell you in more detail bc I'd be curious to know.
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now what you are describing with the yellowy poop is colitis and colitis is tied to large intestines as red blood is fresh in poop and that is tied to too much fiber in diet so white potato may be ok in that situation but definitely not ok with a dog that vomits with ibd as white potato will inflame that small intestine too much and not let the food get to large intestines thus the vomitting. This is why when a dog gets pancreatitis and it has only vomitted and not diarhea i feel it is tied to ibd in small intestines like my dex and also izzy who is on this group as well. It is all so complicated and i have analyzed this to death since my dex was sick in 7/06 and why i started educating myself alot about all this stuff as it seems most vets are not that up on nutrition. I would love to home cook some day as hate vet foods but i have to say dex has done great on purina ha and i will not do any change with him ever as this has worked amazingly and after 10k and a year of hospitalization over and over i am not willing to risk anything with this guy because any time he gets the slightest change to diet he goes nuts and when he starts vomitting he does not stop | |
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This is all interesting bc so many of the specialists I've known recommend potatoes and I've not heard of issues. I think about 20 folks here use Susan Davis, and almost all of those dogs are on potatoes (some on sweet potatoes). I actually prefer white potato over white rice for sick dogs too, they seem to snap right back and like the potato better than the rice (taste, I mean). I still don't understand how potato, or a "carb/glucose" (when it comes down to it) would inflame the intestine. I could maybe understand an interaction during pancreatitis if the pancreas was spilling amylase, but otherwise the physiology doesn't make sense to me yet. I'll have to look into this more.
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| also on another group a dog was really sick and waited forever for ucdavis to figure out a diet then the dog would not even eat the diet when she got it and the whole time i am telling the owner to consult jean dodds or susan davis at the time yet she trusted only what others were saying and went only with ucdavis. Sadly the dog died and i knew it would happen unless they consulted with jean as jean has been doing this for 42 years and she knows how to analyze the blood to get the dog on the right track as that is her expertise. My thing is when my dog is sick i will look at all angles take notes and then make the best choice but i will never discount any information given and seek all opinions as the one thing you do not look into can be the very thing that saves your dogs life - which to this day i firmly thing this dog should have died |
07-18-2009, 07:47 AM | #14 |
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| I use white rice if molly has a dodgy tum, but brown rice if im cooking for her when she is ok. I always use sweet potatoes for her rather than white ones. |
07-18-2009, 07:49 AM | #15 |
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| also dogs with ibd should never have nsaids as that can wreak havoc on their intestines and cause a nightmare. And they are diagnosing ibd through blood work now my ims said rather than just endoscopy as dogs who have high spec cpli but not in pancreatitis mode have ibd as well as dogs with higher amylase lipase are prone to ibd - just thought i would throw that out since we were discussing ibd |
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