02/03/2024
If you have a dog with intense allergies, hair loss, itchiness, or paw chewing, adding omega-3 fatty acids (like sardines!🐟) to their diet is an excellent way to combat these irritations!
Here are the 7 main benefits of sardines:
🐕 A selenium-rich superfood
- Sardines are rich in selenium, a trace mineral critical for dogs. Selenium has an antioxidant impact, boosts metabolic function, and plays an important role in the immune system, thyroid, and reproductive health.
🦴 Supports healthy joints, bones, & muscles
- Sardines are a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids, aka “healthy fats”, vitamin D, and calcium! Omega-3 fatty acids are used to treat dogs with arthritis because they reduce inflammation.
✨ Keeps coat shiny & healthy
- Omega-3 fatty acids are also essential for keeping skin and coats, shiny, soft, and less flaky and itchy! Adding Omega-3 fatty acids to your dog's diet is an excellent way to combat intense allergies, hair loss, itchiness, or paw chewing.
⬇️ Reduces inflammation
- General or chronic inflammation can harm your dog’s body and its processes, leading to the damage of healthy cells; omega-3 fatty acids found in sardines are one of the best ways to reduce inflammation and combat arthritis in your dog’s body.
🧠 Boosts heart health and cognitive function
- Sardines contain coenzyme Q10, which boosts metabolism and supports health health, oxygen utilization, and cognitive function. CoQ10 is responsible for helping the body convert food into energy.
👀 Strengthens retinal health
- Omega-3 fatty acids stay being a ✨key✨ nutrient for our pups’ health. Omega-3s contain both DHA and EPA. DHA is a key element of retinal health or vision. Adding sardines rich in DHA to your dog’s bowl is a good way to help keep your pup’s vision sharp as they age.
🔗 Linked to tumor growth inhibition
- According to Whole Dog Journal, “Fish oil…rich in omega-3 (n-3) fatty acids, which have been linked to tumor inhibition and strengthening the immune system, fish oil may be more readily absorbed by the dog’s body than a close cousin, flaxseed oil.” Sardines are small fish, yet they contain significant concentrations of vital vitamins, minerals, and nutrients essential for long and short-term health.
These small but mighty fish are ideal for canines; they can be fed daily as part of a raw diet (to meet vitamin D and fatty acid requirements) or 2-3 times per week as a kibble topper.
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