Recently, I shared with you my article on diet-related dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a preventable condition associated with certain commercial pet food diets. Here, I would like to follow up with some heart healthy foods for dogs – simple, real ingredients found in most grocery stores. As part of a healthy, balanced diet, these foods can act as an extra heart-supportive boost.
Read my article on diet-related dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).
Contact me to get started on adding healthier options to your dog’s diet. Having a strategy to it will help optimize your results.~ Sarah
Heart Healthy Foods for Dogs
Red Foods. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, red foods can nurture heart health. These include:
- Organ meats
- Red meats
- Beets
- Tomatoes
- Red sweet peppers
Yin Tonics. Also in Traditional Chinese Medicine, foods that are considered “yin tonics” or “cooling foods” can benefit heart health. These include:
- Fish
- Heart meat (also considered a “like feeds like” food – heart feeds the heart)
- Broccoli
- Spinach
- Brown rice
Foods containing taurine. One of the issues in diet-related DCM is related to taurine, an amino acid connected with proper heart function (and many other important body processes). Taurine is found in many animal protein foods such as:
- Turkey, chicken and some other poultry – especially dark meat (I use a 93%/7& turkey blend a lot – some dark meat, but not overly fatty
- Some seafood
- Eggs
Foods with specific vitamins, minerals and other compounds. Certain nutrients are known to support heart health. These can be found in specific foods. Contact me for help getting started!
- Several of the B-vitamins
- Vitamins A, K, E
- Minerals selenium, magnesium
- Omega-3 fatty acids
Adding healthier foods can be an effective way of supporting your dog’s heart health. Contact me for help. ~ Sarah
About Dog Food Coach
I am on a mission to help you feed your dogs a healthier diet using simple, everyday foods found in most grocery stores, farm stands or elsewhere.
How Can I Help?
My Goals:
- Empower you
- Help you realize you can improve your dog’s diet without much trouble or confusion
- Guide you toward healthy, easy to make foods
- Support you during your transition
- Work with you to create a truly supportive, nourishing diet for your dog
Individualized Support Sessions With Sarah:
During our time together, I encourage (but certainly don’t require) you to make the sample recipe I send. We can then discuss any questions you have. Each session includes the following:
- Review of your dog’s current diet
- Suggested changes as needed
- 1 sample recipe, created by Sarah
- 1 educational handout (1-2 pages), created by Sarah
- Unlimited emails and texts as needed, for up to a full week
- Cost: $50 – purchase one or several weeks’ worth
- Purchase one or more weekly support consults on PayPal
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Sarah Whitman, MS
Founder
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