Posted by Deerhounds on March 04, 2003 at 18:25:05:
In Reply to: Re: Science Diet B/D? posted by waywardfarm on March 04, 2003 at 10:33:15:
:If you go to Science Diet's website at www.sciencediet.com and click on prescription diet then click on the heading "Breakthrough Nutrition That Fights Behavioral Changes Related to Brain Aging" it talks about B/D and the research they have done with it.
Thank you!
OK, this is my take on it.
They appear to be basing this claim on the presence of antioxidants in the food. The primary difference in the b/d from their Senior Diet is the anti-oxident alpha-lipoic acid. (I will paste the two ingredient lists at the bottom of this message.)
Speaking strictly for myself, I'd rather feed a higher quality food, preferably homemade, and simply give my dog a nice anti-oxidant supplement, than use this product. I think you can do better that way.
Just my .02,
Christie Keith
Caber Feidh Scottish Deerhounds
Holistic Husbandry since 1986
http://www.caberfeidh.com
b/d
Ground corn, poultry by-product meal, animal fat (preserved with BHA, propyl gallate and citric acid), brewers rice, soybean mill run, soybean meal, flaxseed, fish meal, natural flavor, dried egg product, dried carrots, dried spinach, dried grape pomace, dried tomato pomace, dried citrus pulp, vegetable oil, potassium chloride, oat fiber, choline chloride, salt, L-lysine, calcium carbonate, L-tryptophan, taurine, L-carnitine, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, vitamin A supplement, vitamin E supplement, D-activated animal sterol, ascorbic acid (a source of Vitamin C), alpha-lipoic acid, niacin, thiamine, preserved with BHT and BHA, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, beta-carotene, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement.
Senior Diet
Corn meal, chicken by-product meal, animal fat (preserved with BHA, propyl gallate and citric acid), soybean mill run, flaxseed, corn gluten meal, dried egg product, natural flavor, L-lysine, L-tryptophan, taurine, L-arginine, glucosamine hydrochloride, preserved with BHT and BHA, chondroitin sulfate, beta-carotene, minerals (potassium chloride, calcium carbonate, salt, dicalcium phosphate, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), vitamins (choline chloride, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, ascorbic acid (a source of vitamin C), niacin, thiamine, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement).
