May 24, 2011
You stress the vitamin E is very critical in the raw diet, but I can’t seem to find the reason for that and am interested in knowing. I would appreciate your thoughts.
Full Question:
Hi Cindy,Two weeks ago we started our one year old dachshund/terrier male on a raw diet. We adopted him in October and he was very underweight and had dry flaky skin as well as a mild case of demodedic mange. He is eating chicken necks in the am and Oma's Pride raw mix at night ( we live very close to Miller Foods in Ct where Oma's Pride is made). We are supplementing with sardines, eggs, cod liver oil, olive oil and O'Paws fundamental vitality, which is a powder supplement of vitamins and minerals.
He is doing very well so far. I have been reading as much as I can about the Raw diet, but I was wondering if you could answer one question for me. You stress the vitamin E is very critical in the raw diet, but I can't seem to find the reason for that and am interested in knowing. I would appreciate your thoughts.
Thank you,
Cheryl
Cindy's Answer:
I would recommend having these 2 books in your library, you’ll use them a lot at first; Raw Dog Food and Natural Nutrition for Dogs & Cats. We give both of these books to our puppy customers and we almost never get questions on raw feeding.
Vitamin E is needed with any oil supplements. The system uses the vitamin E to protect the delicate polyunsaturated oil from free radicals.
Most agree that the added vitamin E is crucial in protecting these PUFAs ---- enough do to convince me, and since E is beneficial in several ways, why not use it.
The system can usually handle free radicals (less efficiently as it ages), but if antioxidants like E are in short supply, then one of its tools to break the chain of oxidation ("rusting" could be a way to describe it) is weakened.
Long story short: Fish oil uses vitamin E, so if we give fish oil, we should give E as well.
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Vitamin E is needed with any oil supplements. The system uses the vitamin E to protect the delicate polyunsaturated oil from free radicals.
Most agree that the added vitamin E is crucial in protecting these PUFAs ---- enough do to convince me, and since E is beneficial in several ways, why not use it.
The system can usually handle free radicals (less efficiently as it ages), but if antioxidants like E are in short supply, then one of its tools to break the chain of oxidation ("rusting" could be a way to describe it) is weakened.
Long story short: Fish oil uses vitamin E, so if we give fish oil, we should give E as well.
You can try using the search function on the website to find the answer to any additional questions. It is located in the left hand corner of every page on our website. Simply type in your search terms or key words and you will be directed to articles, question & answers, free streaming videos and posts on our forum.
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