[Ellie May]

I happen to have a heart problem (or problems). Diet and exercise are important for me. However, I still take a drug for the issues. I still see a cardiologist regularly. I still have echocardiograms and monitoring to make sure everything is okay. And if any of my doctors ever so much as suggested that nutrition without drugs and/or proper monitoring was the answer, I'd report them for investigation.

This can't be found in true scientific studies. Just because one holistic practitioner or a group of people say something is so, that doesn't make it so. To prove that something like this works, there would have to be a well controlled, massive study with cardiac monitoring for those who got a drug and those who got NRT. Not going to happen because scientists know that nutrition can't replace drugs most of the time.

to each their own. However, this is not standard of care or considered medically acceptable. It is considered a risk to your dog and he could very well suffer for it.