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Is too much protein harmful? | |
| Old wives tales about dry dog foods high in protein causing kidney disease run rampant both on and off the internet and many people deprive their dogs of what they crave most for fear of damaging their health. Unfortunately the whole protein thing is not easily explained in just a few sentences, so bear with me if I ramble on for a while. I\'ll try to keep it as simple and straightforward as possible without going too much into scientific terms. First of all, it is important that we understand that protein isn\'t only a nutrient - the amino acids it is made up of (think lego bricks forming a bigger structure) also serve as building blocks for body tissues, organs, enzymes, hormones, antibodies and so on - roughly half of the dry body mass of a dog consists of protein. Knowing this it is easy to understand that growing puppies need protein to build above mentioned body tissues, organs, enzymes, hormones, antibodies and both adults and growing puppies constantly need to replace and rebuild these as well. The body recycles amino acids to some extent, but part of them need to be replaced, just like you can\'t endlessly recycle paper or plastic. | ||
| Submitted: | 576 days ago | |
| Submitter: | Phil | |
| Topic: | Dog Food & Supplies » Dog Food | |
| Source: | http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=prote... | |
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