Each issue of Vegetarian Journal features a column called Scientific Update where Reed Mangels, PhD, RD reviews recent scientific literature related to the veggie lifestyle. In the latest issue of the magazine we reviewed an article examining vegan diets for companion animals. Specifically: How many companion animals (identified by this study’s researchers as “pets”) are fed vegan diets? That’s one question that researchers set out to answer when they used an online questionnaire to survey 3,673 English-speaking “pet owners.” Reed states in her review, “Over all, about a third of people who did not already feed a vegan diet to their companion animal indicated interest in doing so and wanted more information about nutritional adequacy. This supports the need for additional research into the development of nutritionally adequate vegan diets for companion animals.”

Reed’s second review looked at whether a vegan diet reduces the risk of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)? A study was done in Taiwan and vegans were significantly less likely to have CKD compared to nonvegetarians. Reed said, “Additional research is needed to see if the same effects are seen in vegans in other countries.”

You can read both reviews here: https://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2019issue4/2019_issue4_scientific_update.php

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