Your Dog's Tongue Is Trying to Tell You Something w/ Carol Bramson

Your Dog&#39;s Tongue Is Trying to Tell You Something w/ Carol BramsonThe next time your dog is lying next to you totally relaxed, look at their tongue. Is it pale pink or a deep angry red? Dry or moist? Purple around the edges? To most of us that is just a tongue. But in a tradition practiced for thousands of years it is your dog communicating with you about what is happening inside their body.Carol Bramson is the founder of Side by Side Pet, a whole food pet nutrition company built on Eastern food therapy. She grew up in a household where food was health, spent years visiting over 3,000 food ingredient suppliers across the US and Europe, and then got her first dog, Wrigley, was handed a bag of kibble, and thought this does not look like food.Wrigley is 11 now and everyone who meets him thinks he is about two.We get into the energetics of food, warming cooling and neutral, why gut health has to come first before food can even do its job, why seizures and hot spots so often trace back to what is in the bowl, and why the answer to changing pet health is collaboration not competition.KEY INSIGHTS:✨ Food has energetic properties understood for thousands of years in Eastern medicine. Warming foods support a body running cold. Cooling foods calm a body running hot. Matching the food to the dog can change everything.✨ The tongue tells you what is happening inside. Side by Side built an AI balance indicator that analyzes a photo of your dog&#39;s tongue and recommends which food type their body needs right now.✨ Gut health has to come first. A dog on kibble for years may not have the microorganisms needed to absorb nutrients from whole food. Rebuilding the microbiome before or alongside the transition matters.✨ Dr. Lily tested kibble-fed dogs and found high levels of glyphosate and mycotoxins. A major pet food company told her the levels were within acceptable range for humans. Pets are not small people.✨ Seizures in dogs correlate strongly with toxic load. Dr. Lily has seen seizure frequency decrease significantly when toxins are cleared and diet changes. We reach for drugs before we ask what is driving the problem.✨ Whole food nutrients cannot be replicated by synthetic supplements. The structural combination of fiber, vitamins, and minerals in a whole food is what the body is designed to absorb. Your doctor tells you to eat broccoli, not broccoli powder.✨ Feeding the same food every single day for years is not variety. Rotating proteins and adding fresh toppers even in small amounts builds microbial diversity and signals to the body that it is safe to adapt.✨ The pet food industry changes when consumers change where they spend their money. Even the largest kibble companies are launching fresh food lines because that is where demand is going.✨ Side by Side&#39;s Giving Fund provides whole food nutrition to dogs in need with a special focus on service, therapy, and care dogs.✨ There are not enough pets eating well. Every brand, vet, and pet parent working toward that goal is on the same side.RESOURCES:Side by Side Pet: https://www.sidebysidepet.comInstagram: @sidebysidepetFacebook: @sidebysidepetTiktok: @sidebysidepet Available on: sidebysidepet.com, Amazon, Chewy and independent boutique pet storesFOLLOW:Integrative Pet Wellness Center: https://integrativepet.comInstagram: @integrativepetThreads: @integrativepetSign up to our newsletter to get more holistic pet care tips 🐶🐈‍⬛Dr. Lily Chen:Instagram: @dr.lilychen @the.unicorn.vetThreads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@the.unicorn.vet" target="_blank" rel="ugc n