Dietary Carnitine and Carnosine Increase Body Lean in Healthy Cats in a Preliminary Study.

ABSTRACT: The need to maintain body lean as cats age is shown in both health and disease. In healthy cats, body lean is associated with enhanced movement and overall longevity. In many disease states (i.e., renal disease, obesity), an enhanced or minimally maximal support of body lean is associated with quality of life and is a nutritional goal in aiding in the management of the disease. This study was designed to investigate the effect of these two dietary components and their combination on body composition and circulating factors of health, including metabolomics analysis and cytokine concentration. The foods that were fed for 169 days to four groups of cats and consisted of control food (formulated to meet the nutritional needs of all adult cats), carnitine-enhanced food (control food plus 300 m

SUBMITTER: Panickar KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8066050 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature