Dr. Anna Hielm-Björkman: Canine Nutrition Beyond Diet Labels | Ep. 168

In this special episode of The Pet Food Science Podcast Show marking International Dog Day, Dr. Anna Hielm-Björkman from the University of Helsinki examines how dietary patterns relate to canine gut health and chronic disease. She discusses raw and dry food research, epidemiological associations, diet interventions, microbiota, metabolomics, and nutrient composition while emphasizing the need to identify underlying mechanisms. Listen now on all major platforms!

“Dietary variety can help address nutritional limitations because repetitive feeding patterns may leave important nutritional components insufficiently represented across a dog's regular diet.”

Meet the guest: Dr. Anna Hielm-Björkman https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-hielm-bj%C3%B6rkman-b666a21/ is a docent, senior researcher, and principal investigator at the University of Helsinki, where she leads the DogRisk research group. Her research examines relationships between canine nutrition, environmental factors, gut health, and chronic diseases through epidemiological and clinical studies. Hear Dr. Anna Hielm-Björkman share her research on The Pet Food Science Podcast Show, available on all major platforms.

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What will you learn:

(00:00) Highlight

(00:29) Introduction

(12:20) Chronic disease

(16:03) Diet comparisons