In 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, acting on input from a group of veterinary researchers, began investigating whether the increasing popularity of grain-free dog foods had led to a sudden rise in a potentially fatal heart disease in dogs, dilated cardiomyopathy. Four years later,...
Humans depend on agricultural crops rich in starches, oils, and proteins to meet their food and fodder needs. Within the group of grasses known as monocots, several cereal crops have been domesticated to yield starch-rich grain seeds. Two types have been distinguished—cereals that contain gluten...