While people are advised to consume roughly 25 to 35 grams of fiber a day, there is no fiber recommendation for dogs, even though the substance does the same things for them as for us. Fiber helps regulate the bowels, insuring the timely passage of solid waste out of the body with neither constipation at one extreme nor diarrhea at the other. (Some call it nature’s broom.) Fiber may also help regulate appetite—and thereby weight management—by giving food bulk that can increase feelings of satiety. (It contains no calories.) And it slows the uptake of sugar by the body and thereby helps keep blood sugar on an even keel.
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