Some friends GSD has just had a mammary tumour removed, and we are looking to help her recovery and reduce future recurrence with diet/supplements. My research shows a low fat diet can help, can anyone recommend a good complete low fat diet? Also supplementing with Selenium and possibly L Carnitine. Does anyone else have anything useful to add? Many thanks
Kat

>My research shows a low fat diet can help,<

Are you sure? Every cancer diet i have seen has been high fat and protein and grainless,which pretty much rules out any commercial foods available.I have an interest in this as i recently lost my 14 year old dog to cancer,his vet gave him 6mths to live when first diagnosed,he went on to live another 6.5 years.I think diet played a huge part in his longevity.He went on a high fat/protein diet and ALL grains were omitted from his diet as one thing came up over and over again whilst i was doing my research and that was that Cancer cells feed off of the simple sugars carbs contain,it goes a little more indepth than this,but you get the general idea. I homecooked for him as there are no commercial foods around that meet the above criteria.I did look into naturediet and naturesmenu a little,however i never ended feeding these as he was doing so well on his feeding regime.

As for the supps,there are many that can be tried :)

Coenzyme Q10
immunostimulant herbs such as alfalfa,aloe vera,astragalus,burdock,dandelion leaf,dandelion root,echinacea,garlic,ginseng,goldenseal,milk thistle and red clover. Immunostimulant mushrooms(maitake,reishi,shiitake); and homeopathic remedies such as Thuja,viscum album and Arsenicum album.
A high protein/fat diet supplemented with high levels of fatty acids.

Hi C/B, agree with K/T. Have a look at this link & the link below gives a load of links to look thru. Good luck, hope your friends dog recovers well :)

http://b-naturals.com/Sum1998.php

http://www.smilingblueskies.com/new/resources_web.html

Thanks Kaytee & Christine

When I said low fat, I mean low in general fats in foods (I would supplement Omega 3) but also high protein. I found this on a cancer trial report for dogs with mammary cancer (which is what my friends dog has) Also recommended supplementing with selenium and vit c.

<In addition, when dogs were characterized by the percent of total calories they derived from fat and protein, the median survival time for dogs in the low fat group (<39%) with protein >27%, 23-27%, and <23% was 3 years (p = 0.008). For dogs in the high fat group (39%), there was no difference in survival for the different intake levels of dietary protein (p = 0.84). When these data were fitted to a proportional hazards model, recurrence, histologic score, tumor type, percent of calories derived from protein, fat group, and a protein-fat group interaction term were statistically significant. Predicted minimum 1 year survival for dogs on a low fat diet with 15%, 25%, and 35% of total calories derived from protein was 17%, 69%, and 93%, respectively>

It's hard to sort the wheat from the chaff, but these links are very useful, and I will forward to my friends. Thanks
Kat

Good luck to your friend C/B sure it won`t be easy & she1ll need all the help she can get :)

sorry caps:rolleyes: