Nestle Purina launches anti-ageing diet for dogs
Nestlé Purina is launching a new diet this month which, according to the company, helps delay the canine brain ageing process. The diet, Pro Plan Senior 7+ Original, is enriched with medium chain triglycerides (MCTs). Research carried out by Nestlé Purina and published online in the British Journal of Nutrition ( here's the abstract ), apparently demonstrates improvements in senior dogs' memory, learning capacity and ability to adapt to novel situations when fed on this MCT-enriched formula. 1 According to the company, the MCTs provide neurons with a readily accessible source...