Description
Fundamentally, what impacts mood and drives behaviour are biochemical processes in the body, and certain nutrients have a profound impact on maintaining normal biochemical function. What this means is that everything you choose to feed your dog will directly or indirectly affect your dog’s physiology – including the brain. And any factor that affects physiology, will affect behaviour.
The amount of food that you feed your dogs, the timing of feeding, diet composition and digestibility are all factors that determine the availability of these essential nutrients for your dog.
Although much of the clinical research in the area of diet and behaviour relates to humans, it is becoming more apparent that a healthy diet can also improve the quality of our dogs’ life. There is more and more evidence to show that what you put into your dog can, and does, influence how your dog behaves.
This 74-page guide (only available as a downloadable pdf) is designed to help you understand the many different dietary influences that may be affecting your dogs’ behaviour. A general overview of topics covered include:
- A brief introduction to the link between nutrition and behaviour, with the main concepts outlined
- How the key nutrients that your dog needs may be impacting their behaviour, with a focus on:
- Carbohydrates: Fibre, Prebiotics, Blood glucose, serotonin
- Fats: Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, DHA, MCT, The importance of quality
- Protein: Neurotransmitters
- Water
- Vitamins and minerals
- Phytonutrients
- The importance of gut health
- What is ‘leaky gut’, what are some of the causes, and why you should care
- Nutrients and foods to repair leaky gut
- The impact of inflammation
- The role of antioxidants
- The microbiome
- What to look for in a probiotic
- The role of prebiotics and food sources
- The gut-brain axis
- Appendices
- What to look for when choosing a dog food
- The Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen
- Fruits and vegetables to feed and those to avoid
- Vitamin, mineral, omega-3 and omega-6 food sources
- Vitamins and minerals – functions, signs of deficiency, signs of excess
- Role of key nutrients in human behaviour
This guide is available as a downloadable e-book only. You will NOT receive a hard copy.
A download link to your guide will become available on the payment page once payment is completed. You will also have the ability to download the guide in the confirmation email that you will receive (look for the underlined text in the ‘download’ box). If you are unable to see the download link for any reason, contact me and I will email the guide to you.
Feedback is welcome as it allows me to improve the guide to better meet your needs. If any major updates or changes are made, those who have previously purchased the guide will automatically receive a free copy of the updated version.
