Oh wow, I'm a little disappointed in Consumer Reports, it doesn't sound like they didn't their homework on this one. The problem is when scientists are studying the difference between one diet over another, there is usually very little difference in overall health and longevity, unless the diet is REALLY bad, and especially if it has caused a weight problem. Obesity can easily be shown to be related to health problems, but there's no diet that can be shown to be related to health and longevity. I mean we do know minimum guidelines, but we don’t know much more. Hereditary factors play into it too much, and a dog eating Ole Roy may live a much longer healthier life than one eating a 5 star food. Dogs with allergies and illness do benefit from a specialized diet. It hard to really study casually because many people who feed super premium foods to their pets, go ahead and give them cheese puffs, and other human processed foods, but don’t want to admit it. Then of course we have all these people who don’t want to have anything to do with a dog food company who does experiments on dogs. Personally I think almost any dog food we buy is so much healthier than the food 30 years ago, when they were making foods with so much dye,and other ingredients that made them look appealing to humans. |