▲ 0 ▼ Study finds lower rates of overweight among vegan-fed cats (phys.org) submitted 2 weeks ago by rss@news.abolish.capital [B] to c/ecosocial@news.abolish.capital 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments A large-scale survey has found cats fed vegan diets had lower rates of obesity and related health problems than those fed conventional meat-based diets. From Biology News - Evolution, Cell theory, Gene theory, Microbiology, Biotechnology via This RSS Feed.
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago (3 children) I thought cat was obligate carnivore? permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] The2b@lemmy.vg 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) In nature, certain nutrients are only available to cats via eating other animals. However, we are capable of synthesizing all those nutrients in a way that they are able to absorb effectively at this point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago Nice! That makes lots of sense permalink fedilink source parent [–] Master@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago Yep. You can get various supliments but im pretty sure they are not vegan either... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] The2b@lemmy.vg 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) In nature, certain nutrients are only available to cats via eating other animals. However, we are capable of synthesizing all those nutrients in a way that they are able to absorb effectively at this point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago Nice! That makes lots of sense permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago Nice! That makes lots of sense permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Master@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago Yep. You can get various supliments but im pretty sure they are not vegan either... permalink fedilink source parent