Animal Essentials Seaweed Calcium

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Sprinkling some dried seaweed on your food not only adds taste, texture, and flavor to your meal, but it’s an easy way to boost your intake of vitamins and minerals.

One of the safest and easiest ways to incorporate seaweed into your dog's diet is by using supplements. These supplements are specifically formulated to ensure that dogs receive the right amount of essential nutrients found in seaweed. You can easily find these supplements at pet stores or online retailers. Be sure to follow the recommended dosage instructions provided by the manufacturer for your dog's size and weight. It is also important From enhancing the immune response to ensuring healthy cell functioning, seaweed serves as an excellent dietary addition. Its rich profile of nutrients aids not only in maintaining energy levels but also helps improve heart health and longevity. Rest assured, incorporating this oceanic wonder into your dog's diet could potentially pave the way for a healthier, happier pet life. We are taught from an early age that calcium is necessary to develop into big, powerful adults. Your dogs are no exception. Try including these natural sources in their diet: Bones It can make up about 25–75% of seaweed’s dry weight. This is higher than the fiber content of most fruits and vegetables ( 31, 32).

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Digoxin or calcitriol-treated animals and those with heart or renal problems should utilize calcium supplements with caution. Although there is no formal examination, using it during pregnancy or on nursing mothers is usually thought to be safe when done so under your veterinarian’s supervision and at the correct dose. What Can I Feed My Dog as a Supplement Alternative? Certified clean and free of lead, hormones and other contaminants that may be found in other forms of calcium Choi, J. S., Lee, H. J., Jin, S. K., Lee, H. J. & Choi, Y. I. Effect of oyster shell calcium powder on the quality of restructured pork ham. Korean J. Food Sci. Technol. 34, 372–377 (2014). Lee, Y. K. et al. Low calcium and vitamin D intake in Korean women over 50 years of age. J. Bone Miner. Metab. 35, 522–528 (2017).Petenuci, M. E. et al. Fatty acid concentration, proximate composition, and mineral composition in fishbone flour of Nile Tilapia. Arch. Latinoam. Nutr. 58, 87–90 (2008). We found that green seaweeds species are rich sources of total dietary fiber: Ulva lactuca (G1) 81.59 ± 0.40%, and Caulerpa racemosa (G2) 81.70 ± 0.91%. The highest proportion of dietary fiber content has been reported in green seaweed, Caulerpa chemnitzia, which is significantly prominent when compared to dietary fiber levels of Acanthophora spicifera (Rhodophyta) , Ulva intestinalis, Ulva rigida (Chlorophyta), and Sargassum wightii (Ochrophyta/Phaeophyceae) 37. In a study conducted by Lahaye, seaweed contained between 33 and 50% of dietary fiber 38. Accordingly, the fiber content of green seaweed species is higher than those found in red and brown seaweeds. The consumption of this dietary fiber has been linked to the growth and protection of the beneficial intestinal flora 39, 40. Furthermore, the intake of dietary fiber helps in regulating calories and free cholesterol concentration, and reduces the risk of weight gain and obesity 41, 42. Nevertheless, high amounts of seaweed can affect thyroid function, and symptoms of too much iodine are often the same as symptoms of not enough iodine ( 7). Ueda, Y., Nakajima, A. & Oikawa, T. Hydrogen-related enhancement of in vivo antioxidant ability in the brain of rats fed coral calcium hydride. Neurochem. Res. 35, 1510–1515 (2010). Marine sources of calcium organic acids are primarily fishbones, shrimp, crab shells, and other shells 3. To facilitate easy calcium absorption, appropriate processes such as calcination, enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation methods should be selected according to the nutritional composition and associated processing properties 55, 56. Subsequently, citric acid, gluconic acid, lactic acid, acetic acid, and/or propionic acid are added to prepare calcium organic acids. The solubility and bioavailability of calcium from natural sources of shellfish calcium with citrate and lactate were increased after decompression treatment 26. Fishbones can be fermented with Leuconostoc mesenteroides to obtain high amounts of soluble calcium with free calcium, calcium amino acids, calcium acetate, small peptide calcium, and calcium lactate. The fermentation of grass fishbones can increase calcium bioavailability and also help avoid wastage of fishbone calcium and aquatic proteins 57. Calcium chelate

If you wish to provide your dog the calcium levels it needs by using dairy products, test it out in tiny batches or consult your veterinarian first. How Can You Make Homemade Calcium for Dogs? Animal Essentials' Calcium is a natural calcified red seaweed (Lithothamnium sp.) that contains a wide variety of essential nutrients, including calcium, magnesium, boron and zinc. It is harvested from the seabed off the coast of Iceland, where each batch is cleaned, heat processed and tested for purity by an analytical laboratory. Calcium carbonate, the form of calcium found in Seaweed Calcium, is one of the most challenging essential minerals for the animal body to utilize For instance, the calcium carbonate contained in bone meal is only about 45% available to the body. However, because of the unique honeycomb-like porosity of the tiny particles that comprise Seaweed Calcium, the calcium carbonate it contains is up to 70% bioavailable. Wiria, M. et al. Relative bioavailability and pharmacokinetic comparison of calcium glucoheptonate with calcium carbonate. Pharmacol. Res. Perspect. 8, e589. https://doi.org/10.1002/prp2.589 (2020). Shojaeian, Z., Sadeghi, R. & Latifnejad, R. R. Calcium and vitamin D supplementation effects on metabolic factors, menstrual cycles and follicular responses in women with polycystic ocvary syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Caspian J. Intern. Med. 10, 359–369 (2019).Miura, T., Takayama, Y. & Nakano, M. Effect of shellfish calcium on the apparent absorption of calcium and bone metabolism in ovariectomized rats. Biosci. Biotech. Bioch. 63, 40–45 (1999). Reid, I. R., Bristow, S. M. & Bolland, M. J. Calcium supplements: Benefits and risks. J. Intern. Med. 278, 354–368 (2015). Wu, W. et al. Preparation process optimization of pig bone collagen peptide-calcium chelate using response surface methodology and its structural characterization and stability analysis. Food Chem. 284, 80–89 (2019). Seaweed can also provide a boost to your dog's metabolism. A sluggish metabolism can lead to weight gain and other health issues, but the nutrients in seaweed can help to boost their natural immune defense and response. The iodine found in certain types of seaweed helps regulate the function of the thyroid gland, which plays a key role in metabolism. Additionally, seaweed is rich in fiber, which aids digestion and keeps food moving properly and efficiently through the dog's gut as well as increasing nutrient uptake. By incorporating seaweed into your dog's diet, you can support their overall metabolic health and keep them feeling energetic and active. Once your dog has a calcium deficiency, a veterinarian should do a full physical examination, blood chemical profile, complete blood count, and a urinalysis test. The other tests’ findings will help identify the cause of hypercalcemia.