Spending $100 a month on food for a 12-pound dog gives The Atlantic staff writer Amanda Mull some degree of credibility to address pet food fads and trends. With the help of Christopher Lea, a veterinary medicine professor and director of the Auburn University Veterinary Clinic, and Lisa Lippman, the lead New York veterinarian for Fuzzy Pet Health, she details how grain-free diets have become popular and the reasons they won’t go away soon.
Source: The Atlantic, July 2, 2019. Link. “Contrary to the broad cultural embrace of grain-free diets in recent years, science has offered little evidence to support their adoption among America’s canine companions, “ says Lippman . . . “This misinformation is a battle we face almost every day in the clinic and it’s something that’s definitely been a source of frustration for us since before (the FDA warning) even came out.”
INSIGHTS: Written from the perspective of an enthusiastic pet owner, this article may offer additional support to heed the warning from FDA that grain-free food may cause the life-threatening heart problem, dilated cardiomyopathy, or DCM.
Also see these related AHD posts about grain-free diets.