Tilly's Peptide+ Adult Dog Gastrointestinal Digestive Care

GASTROINTESTINAL DIGESTIVE CARE
A healthy digestive system is very important to the overall health of dogs. The main role of the digestive  (gastrointestinal) tract is to digest food and absorb the nutrients to use for energy, growth, maintenance and repair. The digestive tract also provides a barrier between the external environment and the dog’s internal environment, keeping out potentially pathogenic organisms and harmful substances.

Poor digestive health can cause discomfort for dogs, raise concerns for owners and potentially require veterinary intervention.

FRESHTRUSION HDP
The Freshtrusion HDP process enhances the digestibility and bioavailability of Freshly Prepared meat. Freshtrusion HDP is a unique process that involves cooking fresh meat and fish ingredients in the presence of a natural enzyme, which breaks down proteins into small peptides. The size of peptides plays a crucial role in protein digestibility and absorption. When protein is not effectively absorbed, it leads to a reduction in nutritional value.

Instinctively, you would assume that intact protein would be best for a dog to digest as it contains all the nutritional elements together as one. Similarly, you might think that individual amino acids, broken down as small as possible, would be much easier 
to absorb. However, it has been proven in research studies that the ideal digestibility and absorption rates occur in small chain peptides. We like to refer to this as the 'Goldilocks principle'

THE POWER OF PEPTIDES
The intestinal epithelial cells form tight links (known as tight junctions) between the cells that help maintain the barrier function and prevent potentially harmful substances from entering the body from the environment. If the tight junctions become damaged (e.g., due to infection or inflammation), the intestinal barrier function can be compromised, leading to gastrointestinal problems and potentially other health issues.

The increased digestibility and absorption of dietary peptides provides an ideal supply of amino acid building blocks, which support the renewal of intestinal epithelial cells and aid in maintaining an effective barrier function.

• Collagen peptides protect the tight junction barrier function
• Helps maintain the barrier function and prevent potentially harmful substances entering the body
• Collagen peptides have been shown to protect against inflammation-induced barrier dysfunction by inhibiting the breakdown of tight junction proteins