Together, they also help the brain and the nervous system. Salmon also contains potassium, which helps reduce strokes and to regulate blood pressure. It also has the antioxidant astaxanthin, believed to reduce the risk of heart disease.
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are easy to digest, highly nutritious, and extremely beneficial to your growing large breed puppy. They contain Vitamin A, an essential element in the fight against infection. Vitamin A is also beneficial to the health of your dog's eyes. Sweet potatoes also contain vitamin C and E, all of which are useful to improve skin and coat health. Sweet potatoes have high levels of fibre that helps to promote healthy gut bacteria. This, in turn, leads to good stool formation. Sweet potatoes also produce anti-inflammatory activity and help to strengthen the immune system and reduce blood pressure.
Carrots
This large puppy food contains carrots, rich in vitamin A, lutein, and lycopene. All help to maintain good eyesight and night vision. Vitamin A also helps to remove toxins from the body. Carrots are also low-fat and have both soluble and insoluble fibre, which can help maintain a healthy weight and maintain bowel regularity. They also are known for their role in boosting heart health and lowering blood pressure. The silicon can also help to promote healthy skin and nails. Carrots also contain potassium, phosphorus, vitamin B6 and K, etc. that help make healthy bones, improve the nervous system and brainpower. Its antioxidant properties are also known to help guard against viruses, inflammation, and harmful bacteria.
MOS and FOS
This salmon and sweet potato puppy food contains the natural prebiotics MOS and FOS. These naturally occur in plants such as asparagus, chicory, onions, and artichoke and help keep your large breed puppy’s gut health in good condition. FOS and MOS in dog food help to keep the digestive system working well by feeding the healthy bacteria, allowing them to multiply and populate the GI tract so that bacteria, such as salmonella and clostridium, find it difficult to overpopulate your large breed dog’s gut. This recipe is ideal as a sensitive stomach puppy food.
Glucosamine and Chondroitin
Large breed puppy food with glucosamine and chondroitin is popular for large breed puppies. They help the suppleness and movement of joints and are known to help in injuries. During an injury, glucosamine may support the repair of cartilage by increasing collagen. Chondroitin gives cartilage its elasticity. Together they have a synergistic effect that may help ease recovery. Both are natural marine sourced ingredients.
Nucleotides
Nucleotides are like DNA foods, that are involved in almost all activities of the cell. While they are growing, large breed puppies need to create new cells all the time to replace dying cells. Millions of cells are made every minute just to keep the body alive. They are essential for the immune system and help to prevent disease. Nucleotides are found naturally in foods, but we have added extra because often our pets feel stress, which can increase the need for nucleotides. There are many additional benefits, shown in scientific studies, that demonstrate all of these positive effects. From an increased resistance to bacterial and viral infections, to intestinal repair after diarrhea.
Linseeds - Omega 3 and Omega 6
Linseeds are also called flaxseeds, and they are rich in Omega 3 and Omega 6 essential fatty acids. These essential fatty acids are necessary for the health of your growing large breed puppy. Omega 3 is essential to the young brain, central nervous tissue, and vision development. It can also help any inflammation of joints and skin. Omega 6 is essential for growth, immune and cell functions and coat and skin health. Large breed puppies can't make these fatty acids on their own. Linseeds also help the process of digestion because of their natural fibre content.
L-Carnitine
If you are a fitness enthusiast, you may have heard about L-Carnitine as a weight loss supplement and its use in enhancing athletic performance. L-Carnitine is a natural amino acid that helps the body transform fat into energy, and it works in dogs too. L-Carnitine will help your puppy maintain a healthy weight!