The Pet Nutrition Show: Can your pet go vegan? And would it help them and the planet?

In this episode of The Pet Nutrition Show, hosts Dr. Anna Sutton and Amanda discuss vegan diets for pets and their impact on the environment, and pet's health, plus digestibility explained and a food hack with carrots.

They talk with Australian vet and academic, Dr Andrew Knight, about the environmental implications of shifting pets to vegan diets, and what it does to their health.

They also discuss what biologically appropriate really means, whether being an obligate carnivore means cats need to actually eat meat, and some surprising results around longer lives.

The episode wraps up with a simple, healthy food hack featuring carrots.

00:02  Introduction to the Pet Nutrition Show

00:16  The Debate: Can Pets Have a Vegan Diet?

01:15  Pet Q&A: Digestibility of Plant-Based Protein vs Meat-Based Protein

02:26  Interview with Andrew Knight: The Environmental Impact of Vegan Diets for Pets

04:40  The Impact of Vegan Diets on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

05:22  The Effect of Vegan Diets on Land and Water Use

06:30  How Dietary Change Affects Food Availability

09:44  Health Impacts of Vegan Diets for Pets

13:48  Understanding Digestibility and Bioavailability in Pet Diets

14:46  The Truth About Cats and Vegan Diets

17:46  The Benefits of Vegan Diets for Pets

24:17  The Industry's Response to Vegan Pet Diets

25:28  Home Food Hacks with Dr. Anna

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References

Knight A (2023) The relative benefits for environmental sustainability of vegan diets for dogs, cats and people. PLoS ONE 18(10):e0291791 The relative benefits for environmental sustainability of vegan diets for dogs, cats and people

Knight A, Huang E, Rai N, Brown H (2022) Vegan versus meat-based dog food: Guardian-reported indicators of health. PLOS ONE 18(8): e0291214. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291214 

More information, including cited research papers, can be found here: https://sustainablepetfood.info/

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