Food carb percentages?

What are the percentages for low carb and med carb? Thx. Happy New year!

 

Low carbis when the % calories from carbs is <10%. Some say <8%.
Medium is between low carb and maybe 20%

 

Thank you!

 

I was just reading the Lantus group slang dictionary today (to try to figure out references to sharks and the lagoon ), and they define it as:

LC - low carb aka reg canned food (usually 10% carbs or less, depending on the carb sensitivity of the cat)
MC – Medium carb food (usually 11 - 15% carbs, depending on the carb sensitivity of the cat)
HC - High carb canned food (usually 16 - 24% carbs, depending on the cat)

 

https://catinfo.org/docs/CatFoodProteinFatCarbPhosphorusChart.pdf
Low carb is under 10% but most try to stay under 6. Some cats are very carb sensitive & just a few carbs can make a difference.

 

Thanks and the slang dictionary will come in handy too!

 

Thank you.

 

Regarding low carb foods, the general rule is to stay beneath 10% of calories from carbs.
However, many cats will do better at carb levels lower than that; and remission is statistically more likely on a diet of 4 - 6% calories from carbs, or less.
But....this does not necessarily mean that the cat should be on the lowest carb food possible. Some cats will respond to very low carb diets with raised blood glucose levels. It all depends on the individual cat...

 

Thank you. Love your comment "it all depends" because that is life with my Andy. He is a tricky one! Now trying to manipulate his numbers using food so maybe get him lower for longer. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

Happy New Year to you too!
Hoping it's a great one for you and Andy.

Eliz

 

I have one of those ...

 

Teasel looks so much like my youngest civie Munchkin - he has the softest med long hair and a bushy tail.

 

Teasel is actually a true short hair with a very long slender tail. You can’t tell from the photo.

 

I added Munchkin's pic above - except for hair length, they could be siblings!

 

They sure could be!