Re: no carb questions (to Christie) (one)

June 18, 2005

> >> Who was it who said " we have no dietary requirement for carbs at

> all " ? As far as I know (or used to know), all animals need some

> carbs <<

>

> No, that's definitely not true.

** I take your word to be true. I read about that in the " Science

Desk Reference " , from The New York Public Library. Of course they can

be wrong.

>

> What evidence do you have that all animals have a dietary

requirement for

> carbohydrate? There is nothing we require carbohydrate for that

cannot be

> obtained through other food sources. Canids and felids, the same. I

am not

> familiar with the needs of other species.

** I once read that when lions and other carnivores for that matter

kill a prey, they eat the contents of the stomach and digestive

tract, which is mainly vegetables, maybe some starch. Dogs and cats

(I had both) don't need carbs, but they can all eat a little cooked

food (including carbs) and that is all right for them.

> Christie

> Caber Feidh ish Deerhounds

> Holistically Raising Our Dogs Since 1986

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