The Key To Reducing Excess Body Fat In Horses – Podcast # 149 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Category: Hormone and Metabolism System
The Advanced Equine Nutrition Course Overview – Podcast # 137 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"What Aren't They Telling You About Feeding Horses?" - Horse owners are being told to purchase feed and supplements with the promise of improving ever…
Fructose Is Damaging Our Horses – Part 2 – Podcast # 136 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Why Is My Horse Always Hungry?" - Understanding glucose and fructose metabolism within the cell and the effect each substrate has on ATP, the energy …
The Flow Of Energy In Horses – Podcast # 132 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Horses And The Flow Of Energy" - I take a quick break from discussing fructose to return to the metabolism of glucose. The concept of flow (or flux),…
Fructose Is Damaging Our Horses-Part 1 – Podcast # 131 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Chronic Fructose Equals Unhealthy Horses" - Welcome to this crucial podcast, where I introduce a concept that is not just limited to humans but also …
Memorial Day, Klotho, And The Future Of Our Horses – Podcast # 128 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Is Klotho The Future Of Equine Health?" - I start this podcast by describing Memorial Day in America, then tie this idea into what is happening in th…
Where Are The Ads For Grain? – Podcast #116 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Where Are The Ads For Grain?" - Feeding grain and processed feeds and supplements are killing our horses, yet these companies continue advertising to…
The Effect Of Stress On Horses – Podcast #111 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"The Effect Of Stress On Horses" - Stress comes in two parts: the immediate response from the adrenal glands with adrenaline and the longer-lasting re…
Protein In Horse Diets – Podcast #110 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Protein In Horse Diets" - Proteins are the most important of all the ingredients that horses need besides air and water. When planning horse diets, y…
Fat In Horse Diets – Podcast #109 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Fat In Horse Diets" - This podcast continues the simplification of one of the 7 "things" placed into our horses. These are air, water, minerals, vari…
Sugar In Horse Diets – Podcast #108 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Sugar In Horse Diets" - This podcast is the first in a series that starts this process. I take one of the seven things placed inside the horse - suga…
Metabolic Syndrome In Horses – Part Two – Podcast #097 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Metabolic Syndrome In Horses - Part 2" - Equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) is a collection of factors and events within the horse affected by food, str…
Metabolic Syndrome In Horses – Part One – Podcast #096 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Metabolic Syndrome In Horses - Part 1" - Equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) is a collection of factors and events within the horse affected by food, str…
Various Topics – Rounds With Doc T (see excerpt) February 16, 2023 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
“Ask Me Anything” - The following questions were submitted (copied and pasted from the Q&A section in Zoom or from emails), along with any posted …
Various Topics – Rounds With Doc T (see excerpt) January 19, 2023 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
“Ask Me Anything” - The following questions were submitted (copied and pasted from the Q&A section in Zoom or from emails), along with any posted …
Review Of The No-Grain Challenge In Horses – Rounds With Doc T ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The primary purpose of the "no-grain challenge" is to offer horse owners a way to feed horses according to their evolutionary development. The reason …
Cushing’s Disease In Horses – Rounds With Doc T ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
This month’s rounds will discuss Cushing’s Disease in horses, which will clear up many misunderstandings surrounding what seems to be affecting ma…
AAEP 2022 Insulin Dysregulation – Podcast #073 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Insulin Dysregulation n Horses" - In this episode, I review a recommended paper by the prime speaker of this conference called "Review of Considerati…
Entropy And Horses – Podcast #054 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Improving The Healthspan Of Horses" - Entropy means the natural and required decrease in energy, moving organized things into disorganized things and…
Horse Nutrition Review – Podcast #048 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Breaking The Nutrition Rules In Horses" - Every day someone asks me about feeding their horses. For me it has become simple only because I have repea…
Endocrine Disease And The Equine Athlete – Podcast #036 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Endocrine Diseases In Horses" - I attended a Zoom meeting hosted by the FVMA with the presenter Dr Jane Manfredi of Michigan State.The title of her t…
Hormesis, Rapamycin and Horses – Podcast #025 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Stress And Diet In Horses" - The pieces are coming together in human studies and these data are being found in all animals – and so I assume horses…
The Mighty Mitochondria – Podcast #024 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"The Mighty Mitochondria Of Horses" - Within the cells of our horses are power stations where fuel is converted into energy. Without this power statio…
The EquiSummit Conference On The Healthy Horse Gut – Podcast #021 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Gut Health In Horses" - I attended a conference called the EquiSummit produced by a major manufacturer of horse feed components and sponsored by the …
Equine Endocrinology – Podcast #008 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Insulin Sensitivity In Horses" - Equine endocrinology is a deep and complicated subject but in this podcast, Geoff Tucker, DVM (Doc T) reports on a w…
The Ins And Outs Of Fat In Horses – Rounds With Doc T ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The movement of fat in the form of Free Fatty Acids (FFAs) and triglycerides (TAGs) throughout the body passes freely in and out of the body fat cell …
The Calcium To Phosphorus Ratio – Podcast #006 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Calcium And Phosphorus In Horse Feed?" - Calcium (Ca) and Phosphorus (P) are two of the most plentiful minerals in your horse and are required for bo…
Cushing’s Disease In Horses – Podcast #003 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Cushing's Disease In Horses" - The pituitary is a small gland at the bottom of the brain that regulates so many hormones in the horse. Without it, th…
Aerobic Exercise And Its Role In Insulin Resistance – Rounds With Doc T ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The cause of insulin resistance (IR) is discussed from the cellular level, and the effect aerobic exercise has in circumventing the blockade of glucos…
Carbohydrate Dependency in Horses – Podcast #002 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
"Carbohydrate Dependency In Horses" - What is carbohydrate (sugar) dependency in horses and how does it lead to chronic protein deficiency and insulin…
Anhidrosis (Non-sweating horses) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
No one has determined why some horses in the same environment stop sweating while others do sweat but we know that every horse is different with diffe…
Equine Asthma (COPD, Heaves) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) In Horses
Obesity And Weight Loss ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Obesity And Weight Loss In Horses
*Hormonal And Metabolic ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
These topics cover how metabolism works and what happens when they don’t work. Specifically, if the hormones work incorrectly then messages that r…
ECEIM Consensus Statement On Equine Metabolic Syndrome ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The European College of Equine Internal Medicine (ECEIM) issued a statement on a problem affecting horses called Equine Metabolic Syndrome. I summariz…
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 05 of 12 – Mitochondria and Making Energy ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Inside every car is an engine needing fuel and inside every cell of your horse are engines called mitochondria. They both need maintenance.
No Sweat! ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Horses living in climates with high temperatures and high humidity are often affected by anhidrosis (non-sweating). This is a highly effective cure th…
Sweating Again In 3 Days (testimony) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Sweating Again In 3 Days
Physiology ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Knowing how nutrition works in the horse down to the cellular and molecular level is important. You may not think so or you may not feel capable of un…
Goiter ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Goiter in the horse is the term for any enlargement of the thyroid gland.
Synchronous Diaphragmatic Flutter (Thumps) ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
The synchronous beating of the heart along with rapid contraction of the diaphragm (hiccups) is brought on by an electrolyte imbalance in horses worke…