Using Fish Oil For Your Dog? Read This First!byDogs Naturally MagazineinNutrition And Diet

We all know fish oil is a good thing for our dogs right?After all, fish oils have a superanti-inflammatory effect on the body, reducing your dogs joint pain, allergy symptoms and can even fight against cancer!Butbefore you add that fish oil to your dogs next meal, theres something you need to be aware of The EPA and DHA in fish oil are highly unsaturated. That means they have a love of double carbon bonds. Why is that important? Because those double carbon bonds make fish oil very unstable and prone to oxidation.Every time fish oil is exposed to oxygen (during processing, storage and every time you open the bottle), it starts to go rancid. Thats a real problem for your pet! But there is a solution.Learn more about thedangers of oxidation hereFREE VIDEO COURSE:SPOT HIDDEN DANGEROUS PET FOOD INGREDIENTSDid you know that dangerous Chinese ingredients are lurking in virtually every pet food - even the premium brands?FINALLY, Dogs Naturally will teach you how to dissect pet food labels and look beyond what everybody else is telling you. Get the REAL TRUTH here and save your pet from the next recall.Get FREE Instant AccessThe Role of Vitamin E In Fish OilFortunately, many fish oil manufacturers put vitamin E in their oils. Vitamin E has excellentanti-oxidant properties and will help limit the damage to your dog from oxidation.But not all vitamin E is the same.VeterinarianJodie Gruensternoutlinesthe different sources of vitamin E below:Synthetic Vitamin ETermed dl-alpha tocopherol, synthetic vitamin Eiscreated using refined oils, trimethylhydroquinone and isophytol. Its not as easily absorbed and doesnt stay in the body as long as natural vitamin E, and is quickly dispelled by the body like a toxin or unknown chemical.Natural Vitamin ENatural vitamin E refers to eight different fat soluble compounds. The most biologically active form is found in grains, seeds and fromoils derived from grains and seeds.If your dogs fish oil contains synthetic vitamin E or d-alpha tocopherol, you might want to look for a better brand that uses natural vitamin E.If your fish oil doesnt contain vitamin E, thats OK too. You can add a healthy, whole food source of vitamin E to your dogs diet to make sure he doesnt suffer the effects ofrancid oils.Recipe: Adding Whole Food Vitamin EAdding a whole food source of vitamin E to your dogs diet is easy. Pet nutrition expert Steve Brown, author of See Spot Live Longer and Unlocking the Canine Ancestral Diet,has a simple fix for this problem:Addthree freshly crushed raw almonds for every gram of fish oil.Thats it!Not only will your dog be getting a fresh source of antioxidants, hell also be getting all of the important co-factors that make that vitamin E more effective.Choose your fish oil carefully and dont worry if it doesnt have vitamin E adding almonds to your dogs diet is a great way to know that the vitamin E your dog is getting is healthy and natural.