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Originally Posted by 107barney  Ill take the word of the board certified vet nutritionist as to what will trigger pancreatitis and what won't. Since pancreatitis treatment for a severe case can run upwards of $1,000 a day, I would rather avoid the expense along with my dog's suffering. My understanding is that the hormone CCK leads to pancreatic enzyme secretion, and that it is most responsive to dietary fat. Whether coconut oil down regulates CCK and thus pancreatic secretion is not something I know and I won't gamble with my own dog. Many people feed fish oils to their dogs with a history of pancreatitis too for the anti-inflammatory effects but in our case that tight rope isn't worth walking. I love my dog too much to see him suffer, but that's just me. I love coconut oil, it's one of the few fats I myself will eat, but it's not a great choice to add to a home cooked diet and therefore I only use it occasionally for my non pancreatic dogs. |
I have been sifting through studies trying to find the answer to this. Very interesting. I think it is still a ? for nutritionists. It seems for humans CCK is not released from MCTs. But in rats (I think it was), they are finding it is released through an afferent vagal neuron pathway. Have to read more to find info on dogs. and also, even if it is released, I don't know ifanymore would be released when ingesting mct than carbs. Anyway, coconut oil contains MCTs, but it is not just a MCT. It also contains LCTs.
Glad it works for all of you. I don't use it because my dogs have fat in their food and any miraculous benefits of it have not been proven. Actually, one of my pups eats a kibble with CO in it, but it is part of the overall food makeup and is not added on top of her kibble fat to get some kind of unknown positive result. I know people tend to randomly select the amount to give too. But like anything there has got to be a minimum effective dose (for whatever the effect is supposed to be). IMO, it is just another one of those things that is not necessary. Adequate studies have not been done on the cardiovascular risk of using this either.