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Originally Posted by matese

To be brief, grain free food adds Legumes such as peas, lentils which is high in Taurine. Dogs body makes its own Taurine, so no need to add to food.
It was thought grain free with added Legumes were causing heart issues.
That is still in debate with the FDA.

Two, maybe 3 years ago there were many articles to stop feeding grain free kibble due to the legumes being added causing more Taurine being added then a dog requires and causing heart conditions.
At that time my dog was on grain free due to food and Environment allergies, my vet told me to get him off grain free food due Taurine being added.

Since these articles appeared 2, 3 years ago more research has been done, the FDA still cannot say if grain free food causes heart issues.

In any case, grains are not bad for dogs, in fact, since changing my dogs food to regular food, his allergies has declined greatly.

Thanks. This explanation is helpful. With my last boy he was allergic to nearly everything and his vet put him on a strict diet so now that I have options it's a lot of information to wade through. It's also been 8 years.