Diet

9 Healthy Foods For Dogs

Can These 9 Everyday Foods Be Medicine? This topic is very near and dear to my heart. Food therapy and food medicine are absolutely two...

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What’s up with all the news lately regarding Vitamin D deficiency?

The importance of Vitamin D has gained a lot of focus in the human health sector, with mounting research proving that this vitamin is...

Water Is An Essential Nutrient

Water is the most essential nutrient that the body requires on a daily basis! In fact, our pets bodies and our bodies are literally 70%...

Bone Broth

As many of you know, Dr. Kangas is very passionate about food medicine and healing with nutrition. She has a list of several medicinal...

"People Food" for Pets

“People food” is not necessarily bad for dogs & cats. Fresh and unprocessed foods are natural foods and are what animals are designed to...

Fish-Based Dry Pet Food

A word of caution regarding fish-based dry (kibble) pet foods! It seems that most pet food companies have exploded with fish varieties...

Dispelling Myths Regarding Pet Food and Dental Health

Dry pet food does NOT clean the teeth or improve dental health! This is a common misbelief, as veterinarians were incorrectly taught this...

Beware of Dry Pet Foods with Added Omega-Fatty Acids! Update...

It is definitely true that Omega-3 fatty acids (such as EPA & DHA) offer a long list of health benefits to both pets and people. In fact,...

Dry Pet Food and GI Health

Dry food is NOT necessarily better for the GI tract or for keeping pet’s stools firm. This myth gets supported by the experience of many...

Beware of dry pet foods with added omega-fatty acids!

It is definitely true that Omega-3 fatty acids (such as EPA & DHA) offer a long list of health benefits to pets and people. These...

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Dispelling Myths About Dry Pet Food

Dry pet foods are NOT necessarily safer than raw meat food First of all, dry pet foods have more recalls for Salmonella and other...

Katie Kangas, DVM