Comment on Why exactly are raisins toxic for dogs and not humans?

lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Because we’re actually biped rats?

Just kidding. Grapes have lots of tartaric acid and, accordingly to this link, tartaric acid causes kidney failure on dogs.

Then accordingly to this link 15~20% of the tartaric acid consumed by humans is eliminated in the urine; most of it goes to the large intestine, and gets metabolised by bacteria. So I guess that we avoid the kidney failure by somehow redirecting the tartaric acid to the intestines?

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