• Peas
• University of Saskatchewan

Objective

To conduct a longer‐term feeding trial (4 weeks) with a cross‐over design to compare the ability of a pea‐based kibble diet versus a rice‐based kibble diet to cause weight loss and improve glucose handling and insulin sensitivity in obese laboratory beagle dogs, and to determine the effect on gut microflora, fecal metabolomics, and fecal/urinary output with longer‐term feeding of a pea‐based versus a rice‐based diet in obese laboratory beagle.

Outcome

When dogs were fed a single feeding of just pure carbohydrate, peas had the lowest glycemic index (rank order peas