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Originally Posted by Lindzorz

I'm saying I don't agree with feeding this, especially to a dog with kidney problems:

"INGREDIENTS: Whole grain corn, brewers rice, dried egg product, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), sugar, dried whey, sodium caseinate, animal digest, calcium carbonate, vegetable oil, potassium chloride, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, fish oil, salt, choline chloride, potassium citrate, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, Vitamin E supplement, niacin, manganese sulfate, Vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, copper sulfate, riboflavin supplement, Vitamin B-12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, garlic oil, folic acid, Vitamin D-3 supplement, calcium iodate, biotin, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), sodium selenite."

That's the Purina for kidney function. I don't need a nutritionist to tell me that it is subpar. If you flipped over a dog food bag in the store and saw these ingredients, the first being corn, you would put it back on the shelf and walk away.

I don't think that Science Diet is crap. It is better than Purina. I think that a vet recommending this to people is crappy! How could they not look at the ingredients? THAT is why I said it is better to utilize your resources and research yourself. I'm sure not all veterinarians are like that and suggest these types of foods, but you just never know which ones will and won't. Our most reputable vet sent that Purina out. I just wish they paid more attention ...

I wasn't aware of prescription food til recently when Momo & Princess had struvite crystals & the vet put them on Hill's C/D canned & kibble. I didn't like the ingredients (loll) but needed them to get well. It worked, along w/liquefying their diet, I mixed the canned w/the moistened kibble. Since then, I have changed my views on Hill's/ Science Diet & other pet food companies that do feeding trials, extensive scientific research & has a nutritionist on staff.

The Purina for kidney function you posted has 'Whole grain corn' as the 1st ingredient. You have to understand that dogs w/kidney problems can't get their main protein from a meat source they need to be on a low protein but high quality protein, so the protein has to come from somewhere else...in this case it's whole grain corn which is an excellent form of protein. Corn becomes a problem if it's made into 'corn gluten meal', 'corn meal' bc of the higher glcemic index which raises the blood sugar level so a diabetic dog shouldn't have any foods w/ said ingredients, etc. But Brown rice follows right behind it on the high glycemic level. The allergic reaction does not come from the corn/ grains itself, but the undetected contaminants. Canine Diseases Linked to Cereal Grains in Dog Food (Part 1)

What I do have a problem w/in the Purina above is: menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity). It is a controversial ingredient, but it's @ the end of the ingredient list, so there's probably a miniscule amount in there to really cause any harm.
The Controversy Over Menadione in Dog Food