Kidney Diet
Protein Diet Kidney and Canine Low Protein
Kidney diet can be extremely important. If your dog has been diagnosed having impaired
kidney function, feeding some kind of dog renal diet is a cornerstone of the treatment. Your dog will actually
live longer!
Nutritional important factors
- Energy
- Protein
- Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids
- Phosphate Restriction
Energy
Sufficient energy should be provided in the food. If not the body
tends to breakdown own protein in order to generate energy. This will put an extra
work om the liver and the increase urea level in the body.
Energy from carbohydrates and fat will be preferable.
Fat contains a lot of energy and a lot of fat in renal diets increase energy
density. Less food is needed in order to maintain the body energy needs. This
decreases the tendency of vomiting and nausea
Protein
Too less protein in kidney diets would be the same as starving. The body
will try to generate amino acids breaking down body protein. This is not good
To much protein will on the other hand generate lots of metabolites from the "
not needed protein" putting stress on the whole body. You could see vomiting, bad smell
from the mouth and bleeding gums.
Both will increase early dying
Feeding the just needed amount of protein to maintain the body makes god sense.
Your dog feel a lot better, even if sick.
Just by feeding the right diet.
In humans and rats feeding too much protein can increase the progression
in renal impairment. This is not evident in dogs.
Omega 3 and 6
Omega tree do a lot of positive things. These will reduce negative reactions in the kidneys
slowing down the progression of the disease.
Please be aware that this effect has only been seen in fish oil supplements. Not in
Omega fats from seed oil
Most Kidney Dog Foods contain extra of these fatty acids.
Phosphate Restriction
Diets for dogs with kidney diseases contain less phosphate. This has shown
to slow the progression of the disease.
Another benefit is less calcium is released from the bones.
This - at least in theory-can lead to bone pain and lumps of calcium deposits in the body.
This is rare and not often seen.
Protein Relevant Pages
Function of protein
Liver food
Low protein dog food
Hepatic Encephalopathy
High protein dog food
Good sources of protein
Protein list and rated biological value
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