Is What You Consider Healthy Snacks or Food Toppers For Your Pet Doing More Harm Than Good?

I often find when giving nutritional advice to customers who have a dog that is overweight, diabetic or battling   chronic "yeasty" ears or on the skin, many who think they are following a healthy diet regimen for their pet, are actually contributing to the issue, simply by the choice of  foods they choose. Commonly known as "healthy & harmless",  there are some fruit and vegetables that should be avoided during snack time or added as food toppers during meals because of the amount of natural sugars in them which ultimately elevates the blood sugar and making yeast thrive more as it is a food source for it..

COMMON FRUITS & VEGGIES THAT CONTAIN THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF SUGAR (20 grams & over):

Bananas   

Uncooked carrots 

Uncooked sting beans

Uncooked peas

Mangos

Sweet & Regular Potatoes 

It is suggested when your pet has such issues, that you consider some other alternatives for snacks & food toppers as they contain less than 10 grams of  natural sugar per serving such as::

Asparagus
Boiled carrots, string beans or peas (to destroys most of the natural sugar)
Cauliflower
Celery
Cucumbers
Apples (with skin & seeds removed)
Spinach
Broccoli
Zucchini
Strawberries/Blueberries/Cranberries
Pear (with skin & seeds removed)
Orange (with skin removed)
Tangerine (with skin  removed)
Seedless Watermelon
Honeydew
Cantaloupe
Pineapple

As a reminder, grapes or raisins should NEVER be given to pets as they are toxic to them.