> If a someone is consuming a high-grain diet and also
> is taking supplements
> (which includes minerals), what happens to the
> supplemented minerals? The

My first question would be is, "Are you taking the
minerals along with the grains, or are you taking them
separate from the grains"?

> same question applies to dogs: if dogs eat
> commercial food, which can be 50
> - 60% carbohydrates from grains, and that food has a
> lot of extra minerals
> added, what happens to the extra minerals? Are any
> of them available? Is

I can't answer this with authority, but I believe at
least a portion must be assimilated or we would have
epidemic mineral deficit diseases in our dog
population.

I read an interesting "article-vertisement" in an
issue of DogWorld that outlines which fillers are
"bad" to have in dogfood, and which ones seem to be
tolerated OK by dogs. Funny, wheat and corn are
no-no's, while rice seems to be an acceptable "doggy
grain".
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