Another example is when Marcel was on his hypoallergenic fish-pot.-grn bean diet - one of his nutritionist's main goals was that his sm. intestine was to rest (and therefore be allowed to heal) - SO, therefore - steam and puree all veggie to place as little stress as possible on his digestive process/system. So we could apply that too to a sick doggy (stress the system as little as possible - esp. w/ something like veg. which can be difficult for them to break down).