Not exact matches
In order for their nutritional requirements to be met, the
foods you give them need to be «calorie rich» — meaning that they must supply
enough calories within a small
volume of food.
He takes hold
of Rubio's stomach and studies an area about two inches wide, «
enough space to hold four ounces
of food» — the
volume of about half a juice box, and less than one - tenth its normal capacity.
would this be from eating low calorie
foods, and hence having to eat a higher amount
of volume to ensure
enough calorie intake or is it because we do need to supplement protein.
Since your stomach is smaller now, it is challenging to get
enough volume of nutrient dense
foods, hence the need for all the supplements.
Leaf eaters like the colobus monkey and gorillas have enormous large and small bowels so they can eat and process the huge
volume of leaves necessary to get
enough calories from these very low calorie density
foods.
The levels
of the supplements are appropriate for dogs up to 44 lbs, but as dogs get larger the
volume they do not eat that much more
food so the supplement level is not likely to be
enough to help.