{"podcast":{"title":"Your Natural Dog with Angela Ardolino","slug":"your-natural-dog-with-angela-ardolino-4502573","podcast_index_feed_id":4502573,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/your-natural-dog-with-angela-ardolino-formerly-its-a-dogs-life","website_url":"https://yournaturaldog.transistor.fm","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ZVosPEAhSIBY89IApjmAgssjT_rZJlHbvDl4PTV1iQw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM3NDY3LzE2NzI3/NzU2OTYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Angela Ardolino","episode_count":133,"summary":"Join Angie Ardolino, certified pet care expert and founder of Your Natural Dog, in important conversations about how to care for your pet naturally. Every week, Angie connects with a top pet professional to give you actionable steps and advice on how to keep your furry friend happy and healthy. If you have a question about your pet you’d like answered on the podcast, email us at angela@angelaardolino.com Join the conversation on Instagram @yournaturaldogpodcast or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/YourNaturalDog and don’t forget to like, share and subscribe to our regular podcast updates!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-18T16:17:45.209290+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-natural-dog-with-angela-ardolino-4502573"},"episode":{"title":"124. Why Our Pets Are Sicker Than Ever: Additives, Toxic Load & the Limits of Conventional Care with Dr. Judy Jasek","slug":"124-why-our-pets-are-sicker-than-ever-additives-toxic-load-the-limits-of-conventional-care-with-dr-judy-jasek","published_at":"2026-01-22T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-natural-dog-with-angela-ardolino-4502573/124-why-our-pets-are-sicker-than-ever-additives-toxic-load-the-limits-of-conventional-care-with-dr-judy-jasek","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-natural-dog-with-angela-ardolino-4502573","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/a72cc283","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/a72cc283/8c8f9c41.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Your Natural Dog, Angela Ardolino is joined by Dr. Judy Jasek, a holistic veterinarian with decades of clinical experience, for a candid conversation about why our pets are sicker than ever. Together, they unpack how modern pet care, from highly processed supplements and foods to so-called “inactive” ingredients like fillers, binders, gums, starches, and spray-dried additives, can quietly disrupt detox pathways, burden the liver and kidneys, and undermine gut health, especially in older pets. Angela and Dr. Jasek also explore how the pet industry has changed over time, why marketing buzzwords can be misleading, and what pet parents can do instead to support the body’s natural ability to restore balance and resilience. Episode Recap: Angela introduces Dr. Judy Jasek, who explains why she identifies as holistic rather than “integrative,” and they discuss how the terms ‘holistic’ and ‘natural’ can be overused, both in pet care and supplements. (00:00) Why supplements can be a trap for well-meaning pet parents who want “natural” alternatives, and how health is the body’s natural state, we just need to support the body, not “create health” with products. (04:32) Angela and Dr. Judy call out “natural” supplement labels that hide harmful inactive ingredients, including common fillers like microcrystalline cellulose (wood pulp), and how many additives exist primarily to make manufacturing cheaper or easier (binders, bulking agents, flow agents). (07:02) They break down how big companies use buzzwords and emotional marketing to sell inferior pet foods and pet supplements, and why understanding where ingredients truly come from matters more than the label claims. (10:45) They talk about the common “senior dog spiral,” where joint pain leads to drugs and stacki…","meta_description":"In this episode of Your Natural Dog, Angela Ardolino is joined by Dr. Judy Jasek, a holistic veterinarian with decades of clinical experience, for a candi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2972,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/your-natural-dog-with-angela-ardolino-4502573/episodes/124-why-our-pets-are-sicker-than-ever-additives-toxic-load-the-limits-of-conventional-care-with-dr-judy-jasek/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/your-natural-dog-with-angela-ardolino-4502573/124-why-our-pets-are-sicker-than-ever-additives-toxic-load-the-limits-of-conventional-care-with-dr-judy-jasek.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}