whole Rice, Maize meal, refined Chicken oil, Maize gluten, hydrolyzed animal protein (poultry and porcine), wheat gluten protein, fish oil, lignocellulose, dehydrated Egg, dehydrated Apple pulp, vegetables (Sweet Potato, Peas, green Beans, Carrot, Artichoke), FAEC Complete (Yucca schidigera extract, yeast products (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, as a source of MOS and nucleotides), glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, methylsulfonylmethane, Chicory root, Salvia rosmarinus, Melissa officinalis, Taraxacum officinale, Salvia officinalis, Minthostachys verticillata, Cynara scolymus, Silybum marianum), FAEC Digestive (yeast products (Saccharomyces cerevisiae, source of MOS and nucleotides), Chicory root (inulin source), Salvia rosmarinus, Melissa officinalis, Taraxacum officinale, Salvia officinalis, Minthostachys verticillata, Vaccinium macrocarpon, Cynara scolymus, Silybum marianum), FAEC ProbioDigestive (Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus rhamnosus).

When we talk about heart disease, we are talking about the set of diseases or problems that affect the heart. These can be problems derived from malformation or directly caused by diseases.

Within these, we can find different aetiologies, whether acquired, congenital, valvulopathies, ischaemic or cardiomyopathies. Regardless of their nature, nutritional treatment is available for patients with chronic heart failure, a disease for which a dedicated PNP is envisaged.

It is also common to find retrograde or congestive CHF, in which the ventricle is not able to pump enough blood, leading to increased pressure and water and sodium retention. This, in turn, leads to a worsening of their condition.

This pathology can occur in any dog. Thus, when it occurs in large and giant breeds it is due to muscular dilatation, while when it appears in mini breeds it is usually due to premature degeneration of the heart valves. We should not forget that it can occur as a secondary disease in renal patients with CKD. It is a disease easily identifiable by its symptoms: wheezing, coughing, fatigue, cyanosis of the mucous membranes, gums, …

Nutritional management contemplates a limited sodium content for its control and for fluid retention that, at the same time, includes beneficial properties for the maintenance of renal function, ingredients with diuretic properties such as green tea, nettle or ginger are natural ingredients that support its treatment, fatty acid supplementation. CHF can occur as a derivative of CKD, they are complementary pathologies in both senses, i.e. a patient suffering from CKD can suffer from heart disease as a secondary disease, and vice versa, in this second case azotemia and CKD increase directly according to the severity of heart failure.

The incorporation of probiotics is directly beneficial in this aspect, so a combination that helps renal function has been sought, although it should not be forgotten that PSA can be managed nutritionally and that, according to a pilot study, the use and combination of different probiotic strains is beneficial in cardiac patients. This is because gut health is directly related to CHF, especially PSA, gut dysbiosis and renal function. In other words, it endorses the concept of the organism as an interrelated whole in which the use of ingredients and functional foods is not only beneficial in independent systems.