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Originally Posted by Ladymom  Just make sure you check Nikko's triglycerides regularly. The high protein foods are also high in fat. Innova's Evo is especially high. A little Maltese on another forum developed high triglycerides and fat deposits behind his eyes from Evo. He was switched to Wellness and his bloodwork was normal.
You might also want to read this thread. Michelle's Lacy was diagnosed with a fatty liver and her high protein diet is suspected. http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sic...me-advice.html |
I think we have to be a
little careful when making correlations or assumptions like this (not saying
you are making the assumption, Ladymom
, but that maltese owner). Because, I don't think there is proof that the cause of the Maltese's problem was
just diet (despite the bloodwork), nor was there proof in Lacy's case. Fatty liver is often idiopathic - in both dogs and humans.
What is possibly more likely is that both these dogs had some kind of predisposition toward these disease states, just waiting for the right trigger - if it ever came. *Boom*, the trigger was introduced and a health issue was instigated.
Of the same vein, think of diabetes - say one of these dogs, unknowingly, had a genetic vulnerability toward diabetes and this particular owner chose a high grain/carb diet for this dog, the dog becomes obese bc it cannot properly process carbs - diabetes sets in. Is it the fault of the diet? No, not directly. It's a combination of nurture and nature - as are almost *all* disease states. In this case - a scenario could unfold here at YT where all of a sudden everyone was in an alarmist state saying "DON'T feed high carb/grain diets - they *cause* diabetes!" - and that's simply not true.
That's how myths get started and I just think we should be careful there - we've seen it here before. Such as the myth that high protein diets
cause kidney/liver issues - we all know that's not true, yet the myth prevails.
My point is, I hope we're all careful in blaming this diet, or that diet, or Petzlife (a possible suspect, initially, in Lacy's case), or this product, or that product as the cause of a disease state. It's almost never that simple. I mean no offense, it just concerns me quite a bit.