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Budget and the Bees
Budget and the Bees
Latrice Perez

This Common Dog Food Ingredient Has Been Linked to Heart Failure — Is Your Pup at Risk?

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As dog owners, we try to do what’s best for our pets. We spend time and money selecting food that we believe is high-quality. Many of us switched to “grain-free” diets, believing they were more natural or healthier. Then, in 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it was investigating a potential link between these diets and a serious heart condition. Suddenly, the ingredients we thought were healthy are under suspicion. This news is alarming. It is crucial to understand what the investigation found regarding certain dog food ingredients and heart failure.

The “Grain-Free” Trend and an Unexpected Warning

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