Atkins-style diet helps relieve symptoms in diabetic cats

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Atkins-style diet helps relieve symptoms in diabetic cats

Veterinarians at The Animal Medical Center in New York say that putting diabetic cats on a low-carbohydrate/high-protein diet like the popular Atkins diet for humans helps stabilize feline blood sugar and can often relieve the need for insulin shots. Like humans, modern American cats are tending to be obese, and about 45 percent of mature cats develop diabetes. Cats placed on the “Catkins” diet lose that excess body fat, and their blood sugar levels normalize. Be sure to read the related article, New herbal supplement product uses green tea and cinnamon for controlling diabetes.

I heard a few years ago that some vets prescribe high quality kitten food for diabetic cats. This would fit the high protein, high fat,low carb model.

Great for a cat which is a carnivore, but I wish they wouldn't call it Atkins because people might get the impression that the diet is good for humans...sorry anybody who has tried it.