{"id":45598,"date":"2025-10-08T10:36:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T08:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justrussel.com\/en\/?page_id=45598"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:44:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:44:36","slug":"food-medical-conditions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/justrussel.com\/en\/food-medical-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical food for dogs and cat"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45598","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"blocks":[{"acf_fc_layout":"heading-bolt","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","background-colors-dropdown":"light","heading-bolt-invert":false,"heading-bolt-title-tag":"h1","heading-bolt-title":"Optimal nutrition for medical conditions with Just Russel","heading-bolt-text":"For certain conditions, a normal diet is no longer sufficient. 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