Hearing recommendations that your dog needs โyeast freeโ dog food?
Youโve recently figured out that your dog is battling a yeast infection. Youโre learning that diet is a key factor in getting this problem under control. So, now the hunt begins to find a โyeast freeโ dog food. Right?
Wrong.
This is misinformation at its finestโฆ It sounds like it makes perfect sense โ so someone somewhere put it out there โ but the truth isโฆyeast ingredients are actually NOT a part of the problem. You may find it remarkable that something youโve read on the internet is not true, but Iโm here to break it to you gentlyโฆ Yeast free dog food will NOT help fix a yeast problem. At all.
But I wonโt just leave you all alone to deal with the shock of this new naked truthโฆ I want to tell you why itโs not true.
Under no circumstances, ever, does yeast feed on yeast. There are over 50,000 known varieties of single-cell yeast fungi out there, and not a single one of those species feeds upon another species. Fact.
If only Robinson Crusoe had found more friends like thatโฆ
Anyway, while you donโt need to worry about finding a food without yeast ingredients, you do need to start hunting. Yeast fungus may Not feed on similar fungi, but itโs still a hungry, ugly beast, and itโs your newest job to find and eliminate its source of stubborn sustenance. That would be Sugar.
Therefore, the very lowest possible starch/carbohydrate diet is at the top-of-list for what your dog needs to get these Yeast (candida) problems under control. What He or She literally needs, as a natural function of the diet, is to starve the yeast overgrowth to death. Anything that the body recognizes as sugar, or converts into sugar, is going to feed the yeast, and help it flourish and grow in the GUT, and subsequently throughout the body.
Potatoes, white rice, wheat, corn or cornmeal, crackers, cookies, and pasta are just some of the ingredients that you want to avoid in your dogโs new diet. Look for some protein ingredients like meats and green veggies โ these are good helpers and you can supplement the carbohydrate source for brown rice (or something equivalent).
So please โ donโt believe the hype about yeast free dog food. A yeast free dog food could actually deprive your dog of the B complex factors, which would be a shame and could potentially harm his health. Your dog is already suffering because he is battling this ugly overgrowth of yeast โ we need to starve the yeast โ not deprive the dog of the nutrients he needs.
This takes some time and research โ hereโs a listing of Pet food choices we have researched that can help you get started.
