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Old August 30th 09, 01:07 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.health
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Default DOG FOOD & SAPONINS: A Dangerous Liaison

Ran across this article, thought it might lead to actually learning
something on this group. Hope is eternal!


http://therobertabadydogfoodcoltd.co...20Saponins.htm

Here is an excerpt.


Soybeans and beet pulp are ingredients that are commonly used in dog
feeds. Both contain saponins; substances that may be hazardous to your
dog's health.

Soybeans and beet pulp are included in canine rations because they are
cost-saving to manufacturers. Soybeans furnish inexpensive protein, and
beet pulp's fiber content artificially hardens stools. Both ingredients
enable manufacturers to avoid the expense of using higher quality
ingredients. In the Guaranteed Analysis that appears on all dog food
labels, protein quality is not differentiated, therefore, lower quality
soy protein is listed in the same manner as better quality (more
expensive) animal protein, thereby giving a market advantage to products
in which the lower quality, lower priced ingredients are being used.

Beet pulp creates a firm stool regardless of the nutritional composition
of the rest of the diet. Since many people, and most veterinarians,
equate firm stools with dietary quality and sufficiency, the use of beet
pulp is particularly offensive, since it allows the production of a firm
stool without any guarantee of a product's quality or nutritional
sufficiency.

Neither soybeans nor beet pulp are in any way essential to canine
health. In fact, a growing body of scientific evidence indicates that
the reverse is true. Even though there are a number of reasons
(nutritional, biochemical, and physiological) for avoiding diets which
contain either soybeans or beet pulp, it is not the intent of this
article to elaborate on those aspects, but rather to focus on the
serious, even fatal, consequences that have been associated with the use
of these ingredients in animal diets.

In the late 1970's, Robert Abady (later to found the Robert Abady Dog
Food Company), during the course of conducting feeding experiments,
became aware that a connection existed between the development of bloat
(and various other gastrointestinal disorders) and diets that contained
a significant amount of soybean meal and/or beet pulp could be
responsible for irritating the gastrointestinal tract, since it is a
scientific fact that carnivores have a very low requirement for fiber.

Beet pulp - laden diets can create many problems, but the symptoms are
usually suppressed until the beet pulp is eliminated from the feeding
regimen. When a dog is switched from a feed that contains beet pulp to
a food that does not contain beet pulp the symptoms of intestinal
damage, diarrhea, bloody stools, etc. (caused by the saponins in the
beet pulp), become manifest, often to be incorrectly blamed on the new
diet, rather than on the true culprit - beet pulp contained in the
previous diet.
 




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