The best diabetes diet for cats
30 Mar 2008
Diet plays as important a role as drugs and insulin injections in treating diabetes in cats. Actually, diet control and management must be concomitant to medication. It is futile to expect medication as a standalone treatment to provide an effective cure for diabetes.
Diabetes is a condition where the pancreas is unable to produce enough insulin for regulating glycogen and oxidizing sugar. There is always some amount of glucose in the food that you feed your cat. If the intake is not regulated, there can be no limit to the amount of exogenous insulin that the cat may require to process the glucose.
Moreover, it is only cats with pronounced and persistent hyperglycemia that require insulin injections. Symptoms of diabetes in cats, with blood sugar levels only slightly above normal, can be treated with dietary management or oral pills only. Further, diabetic cats must be fed regularly to prevent a situation of overdose of insulin.
Obesity is one of the risk factors for diabetes in cats. Diabetic diet for cats should consider the weight factor before anything else. The weight loss of the cat should be gradual, preferably 3% of body weight per week. A diet with high fiber content and complex carbohydrates is most suited for loosing weight. It also helps in controlling blood sugar levels immediately after meals.
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