Prevent Cancer in Dog's with These 7 Budget-Friendly Diet Tips

Seven human foods you can add to your dog's diet that may decrease the risk of cancer. These are seven inexpensive human food ingredients. They may even be in your kitchen now and just adding these a few times a week to your dog's kibble, that alone could eventually decrease the risk of them developing cancer. Are you looking to learn more about natural pet health and wellness? You've come to the right place. Click the link to subscribe to Veterinary Secrets. Minimum of one in four dogs are going to develop cancer at some time in their lifetime. Life span of a Golden Retriever is now dropped to ten and a half years and nearly 50% of all Goldens, they're gonna die of cancer. We know nutrition is key and if you can just make some minor diet modifications that may go a long way in increasing the quality of your dog's diet, increasing certain ingredients that have specific cancer preventive properties. So number one, like your mother kept telling you, you have to eat more veggies. One study followed a breed of dogs that at high risk of developing bladder cancer, the Westies, and what they found is that those dogs that consumed veggies had a much lower risk of developing bladder cancer and the vegetable they most commonly ate, carrots. Carrots, they're really rich source of beta carotene. Beta carotene, it's a very potent antioxidant. So what we know is higher levels of the antioxidants, it can decrease free radical damage and decreasing the likelihood of your dog getting cancer. Carrots also contain vulcarinol and it's believed that this nutrient has anti-inflammatory properties and they also have cancer preventive properties. Popeye's favorite, spinach. Spinach is not only higher in iron, it's also rich in other carotenoids. It's high in lutein, as high as the axanthin. Both of those specific carotenoids, they're also potent antioxidants. More antioxidants, less free radicals, less cell damage, less potential likelihood that cancer is gonna start. Lightly steamed carrots, they're a really good option when they're lightly steamed, it's gonna have the highest amount of the antioxidants and they're most bioavailable to your dog. You know, you could just be looking at a quarter to half a carrot for 20 pounds of body weight daily. That's about a quarter, maybe upwards a half of a carrot, lightly steamed. Tula, what do you think of the carrot? Mmm, maybe not today. It's about a quarter of a cup of unsteamed spinach. That produces this, this teeny little amount and that's the amount I'd be giving the Tula. I do that two or three times a week. So yes, those veggies, they really can make a difference. A small amount, two or three times a week, inexpensive way to increase the quality of your dog's food. Number two, additional fruits and berries. Apples, they're a really good source of antioxidants and they're especially high in a flavonoid called quercetin. It's been studied for an array of different things, but it also has some specific cancer preventive properties. They're also considered a very effective and very potent antioxidant. Apples are safe, they're affordable, you know, a quarter of an apple for 20 pounds of body weight daily, that would be fine, or even two or three times a week. Blueberries, super antioxidant-rich blueberries are a great addition to your dog's diet. Ten blueberries per 10 pounds of body weight. Do that daily if that your dog really likes them, completely fine. Number three, inexpensive common kitchen spices. Turmeric, it is a great option, but also don't forget about this spice, cinnamon. The active ingredient turmeric and 95% curcumin, it has been extensively studied for cancer, showing both to help prevent, in some cases even treat, some forms of cancer. And we even know for people that daily consume low levels of turmeric, they have a decreased risk of certain types of cancer. It's a great option to add to your dog's diet, potentially prevent cancer. The innocuous spice cinnamon, it's been studied, potentially help for diabetes. It also has a number of different ingredients that do play a role in terms of preventing, in some cases even treating, some forms of cancer. It can affect apoptosis, meaning it's causing cancer cell death. You need very little of these spices for something like turmeric, I suggest an eighth to a quarter of a teaspoon for 20 pounds of body weight. You know, sprinkle that into your dog's food. You can do that two or three times a week. So something like the turmeric, I can get my one hand to work and scoop the turmeric. As you know, I have one really good working hand right now. It's about an eighth of a teaspoon of turmeric. I just kind of sprinkle that over top of Dula's kibble. I always have to add other things to get her to eat it. Some dogs are less fussy, it makes other fats in there, makes it tasty, and it will not cost you much to really improve the quality of your dog's kibble. For the cinnamon, you can add a little bit more, about a quarter of a teaspoon for 20 pounds of body weight daily. Mix that into your dog's kibble. Some dogs like it, some dogs don't. So you can alternate the cinnamon or alter with the turmeric, see what your dog prefers. Either one of those could potentially really be beneficial for your dog. Number four, an inexpensive healthy ground seed, flax. And there is the ground flax seed. Flax is a great source of fiber, may be helpful for some of the intestinal cancers. It contains really high levels of the omega-3 fatty acids, and we know these have clear cancer preventive properties. Pretty simple amount to give, about a teaspoon for 20 pounds of body weight daily. Another way you can add in the additional omega-3 fatty acids, which have clear, a hundred percent proven cancer preventive properties, use something like this, even olive oil. A teaspoon for 20 pounds of body weight daily of olive oil, that's going to provide substantial omega-3 fatty acids. And we know of all the different nutrients you want to increase in your dog's diet, adding the additional omega-3 is really, really important. If all we have is olive oil, it's the only way you can do it, that's fine. Consider adding this in. Number five, additional animal protein. We're looking at the organ meat. Chicken liver like this, it is a great source of an array of different nutrients, can really improve the quality of your dog's diet, adding in specific cancer preventive ingredients. It's really high in protein, it's really high in the antioxidant mineral zinc, it's high in the B vitamins, it's high in another antioxidant vitamin, vitamin A. And what we know is, if we can increase the level of the antioxidants in your dog's diet, what's that going to do? Decrease the amount of free radicals, decrease the likelihood of them ever getting cancer. And the suggested amount to give your dog is about one and a half ounces for 20 pounds of body weight. I cooked up some liver, so this is what Tula would get. She could get it daily, something I would suggest two or three times a week. There you go, look at that Tula. And you really, she really likes liver. So it's a great addition to improve the quality of her diet. I'm giving her some really important nutrients. Oh look at all those vitamins, you're gonna get nice high levels of those antioxidant vitamins. So that pack of liver alone, I'm gonna cook it all up, it's gonna probably last me a month. Like a month of just improving the quality of your diet, really inexpensively. Another protein you could consider that's pretty inexpensive, you have sardines. So sardines themselves is nice fatty fish, really an inexpensive source of animal protein. You're also gonna add in these important key nutrients which have clear cancer preventive properties. A 20-pound dog like Tula, I would be giving her two sardines, two or three times a week. Number six, the good bacteria, the probiotics found in this, whole natural yogurt. This is cost-effective yogurt. The probiotics, those good bacteria, they play a huge role in your dog's immune system. And if your dog has a healthy gut microflora, we know that correlates to a much stronger functioning immune system. Better immune system, last chance to get serious disease, i.e. cancer. How much yogurt you may be wondering? Well about a tablespoon of yogurt, aka that amount per 20 pounds of body weight daily, that's enough to provide a decent level of probiotics. What do you think of that, Poodle, do you want some? Poodle likes probiotics. Great easy way to improve the quality of your dog's diet. In this tub, it can really last you for a month. Does it cost, what, six dollars? Ingredient number seven, well this is more what you don't want in your dog's food. The artificial colors, the artificial flavors, the artificial preservatives, the byproducts, the byproduct meal, the heavy metals like cadmium, the PFCs that are leaching out of the pet food bag coating, then even the genetically modified grains, i.e. in this one, it's got corn is way up there and close to the first ingredient. That's got soybean meal in there. You know the corn, the soy, most of this stuff now is heavily sprayed with things like Roundup because they're genetically modified. They can spray that crop till kingdom come, kill every type of weed that may grow in it. Now what do they see? They just see corn, they just see soy, and that's making its way into dog food. So we know that dog food in particular, the dry kibble, has excessively high levels of certain toxins, especially the toxin glyphosate or Roundup. So assuming you're gonna be still feeding your dog kibble, like even I still feed Chula kibble, just make sure it is a good quality kibble, not like this one here loaded with corn and soybean meal and artificial color and artificial flavor and yada yada yada. So there they are, a whole bunch of kitchen ingredients you can be adding to your dog's diet to markedly improve the quality of your dog's diet, markly in my opinion, decreasing likelihood of your dog getting cancer. Thanks so much for watching this edition of Veterinary Secrets. Click up there to subscribe, hit the bell to sign up for notifications, then when you click that link directly in the box below, I can send you a copy of my free book.