* Feeding Horses – The Frequently Asked Questions ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

The most frequently asked questions about feeding horses asked in emails, comments and in social media. These equine nutrition questions are the bare …

Doc-t November 12, 2019

0 Comments

A Question About Soybeans ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

The objections to using soybean meal in horses as a protein source are addressed here: GMO, glyphosate, feminization. How SBM is made and my conclusio…

Doc-t February 16, 2019

83 Comments

Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 01 of 13 – Course Overview ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Doc-t November 26, 2024

0 Comments

Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 02 of 13 – Challenges of Proving Causation in Equine Nutrition ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Doc-t November 27, 2024

0 Comments

Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 03 of 13 – Understanding Energy Flux in Equine Nutrition ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Doc-t November 28, 2024

0 Comments

Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 04 of 13 – Understanding Energy Intake (Food) In Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Doc-t November 29, 2024

0 Comments

Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 05 of 13 – Understanding DNA And Protein Synthesis In Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Doc-t November 30, 2024

0 Comments

Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 06 of 13 – A Protein-Centric Diet For The Health Of Every Horse ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Doc-t December 1, 2024

0 Comments

Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 07 of 13 – Fat And Carbohydrates Take A Back Seat When Feeding Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Doc-t December 2, 2024

0 Comments

Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 08 of 13 – Cell Metabolism In Horses Is Controlled By Food Availability ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Doc-t December 3, 2024

0 Comments

Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 09 of 13 – Lactate Drives Everything In Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Doc-t December 4, 2024

0 Comments

Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 10 of 13 – Fructose Helps Horses Survive But Not Thrive ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Doc-t December 5, 2024

0 Comments

Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 11 of 13 – Are Horses Addicted To Sugar? ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Doc-t December 6, 2024

0 Comments

Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 12 of 13 – How Stress Impacts Horse Health ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Doc-t December 7, 2024

0 Comments

Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 13 of 13 – The Simplicity Of Feeding Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Doc-t December 8, 2024

0 Comments

Betrayal – Reading An Ingredient Tag ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

We are told to trust the experts mainly because we cannot be all experts in everything. We need to become experts in how to feed horses because how th…

Doc-t July 10, 2018

38 Comments

Cheating On The No Grain Diet ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

I need to come clean with all of you. I have been cheating on the no grain diet. Please forgive me but I and Melissa have been put into an impossible…

Doc-t December 25, 2017

0 Comments

Cheese Doodles, Chocolate Bars and Candy Won’t Hurt You ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

When is it OK to eat sugar? Enjoy this comical video which basically explains how sugar is necessary for body functions and is OK even in abundance at…

Doc-t June 4, 2019

14 Comments

Chronic Protein Deficiency In Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

An introduction to the biggest health issue in horses today. Due to modern feeding, horses are consuming their own protein PLUS they are being fed eno…

Doc-t October 15, 2016

124 Comments

Constantly At War ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

In every moment of life in our horses, there is a battle between the body and the invading organisms surrounding them. To win, the immune system needs…

Doc-t October 5, 2017

12 Comments

Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Introduction 1 – Complexicate ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Horses are becoming too complicated to keep as I watch everyone try to better others as to why their theories are better. So I made a new word - compl…

Doc-t January 1, 2018

16 Comments

Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Introduction 2 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Complexicate - to complicate things to make people look more intelligent and feel more significant and usually agenda based. I decomplexicate horse fe…

Doc-t January 19, 2018

36 Comments

Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 01 of 12 – Grazing Not Browsing ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

All equids graze ground plants. They avoid taller plants with more woody cellulose (lignin). Ruminants browse eating short and tall plants.

Doc-t January 28, 2018

46 Comments

Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 02 of 12 – The Basics of Sugar, Fat and Proteins  ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

The similarities and differences between sugar, fat and protein. It is essential to understanding how these interact in the health of horses.

Doc-t February 2, 2018

7 Comments

Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 03 of 12 – Gut Microbes ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

You are not feeding the horse but you are feeding the trillions of microbes within their gut and they, in turn, feed the cells of the horse. Happy gut…

Doc-t February 8, 2018

12 Comments

Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 04 of 12 – Gut Inflammation ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

The digestive tract of the horse has a 1 cell thick lining with an army of defense cells behind it. Attacks on this cause the immune system to respond…

Doc-t February 15, 2018

18 Comments

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.

Doc-t February 19, 2018

25 Comments

Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 06 of 12 – Carbohydrate Dependency ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Feeding sugar every day in excess of horse's needs creates a dependency no different than drugs and alcohol. This blog explains why.

Doc-t March 1, 2018

20 Comments

Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 07 of 12 – The High Fat Diet ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Where do horses get their fat if all they eat is ground plants (pasture and hay)? The answer is from bacterial digestion of cellulose. Here are the de…

Doc-t March 8, 2018

12 Comments

Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 08 of 12 – The Importance of Protein ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Protein in the maintenance of horses is not appreciated. It is not complicated. Our training of feeding horses has ignored the importance.

Doc-t March 15, 2018

23 Comments

Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 09 of 12 – GMO, Pesticides and Fertilizers ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

An objective discussion about feeding horses with GMO foods treated with pesticides and herbicides. Why to worry and why we should not worry.

Doc-t March 22, 2018

10 Comments

Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 10 of 12 – Supplements ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Feeding supplements to horses fill a void in their nutrition. But are they necessary and effective? Are there guarantees to their quality or their qua…

Doc-t March 31, 2018

37 Comments

Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 11 of 12 – Lectins ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Lectins are plant proteins made to discourage animals from eating their seeds by making the animals sick. Insidious over years, they confuse the other…

Doc-t April 5, 2018

22 Comments

Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 12 of 12 – Summary ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

The final installment of the series on feeding horses. Dig in deeper by enrolling in the Horsemanship Nutrition Course. Congratulations on reading all…

Doc-t April 12, 2018

31 Comments

Doughnut Hole ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Our horses digestive tract is a tube running through the body. This is a fundamental principle to understand. The hole in the doughnut isn't part of t…

Doc-t August 16, 2017

26 Comments

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…

Doc-t March 9, 2019

56 Comments

Feeding Salt To Horses

All horses need salt but what is it, why do they need it and how do we get it in them? Is a lick enough or should it be added to the food? Can excess …

Doc-t August 16, 2020

26 Comments

Feeding Senior Horses

When do horses become "seniors?" Why have I never found "senior feeds" for squirrels or other wild animals? Could "senior feeds" just be a marketing g…

Doc-t November 3, 2018

22 Comments

Feeding The Horse As Simple As 1-2-3

This is for horse owners who just want to know how to feed horses in a simple action set. Step 1) stop inflammation, Step 2) add protein, Step 3) writ…

Doc-t August 4, 2018

116 Comments

Food Does Not Equal Love

The purpose of eating is to survive. How sugars are used, the development of uric acid and the association of disease in horses is discussed and a sol…

Doc-t February 15, 2020

16 Comments

Honesty – A True Story

When the words of this man I met settle into your consciousness you will either be shocked or say that this is the problem with the world (and our hor…

Doc-t September 13, 2018

22 Comments

Hormesis, Hay And Horses

Hormesis is the cellular process of resting which helps to clean up cellular debris, remove damaged cells and help the mitochondria switch their fuel …

Doc-t June 19, 2020

72 Comments

How Long Do I Need To Feed Soybean Meal To My Horses?

Soybean meal is a high quality protein for horses lacking it in their environment and from the chronic loss through auto-digestion in high sugar diets…

Doc-t November 24, 2020

0 Comments

Lectins

Lectins are plant proteins developed by plants to protect their seeds from being eaten and killed by animal digestion. They cause autoimmune disease, …

Doc-t September 29, 2017

38 Comments

Mineral Deficiency In Horse Hay And Pasture

Minerals are elements necessary for life. Horses get their minerals from their environment. This discusses deficiencies, excesses and regulation of mi…

Doc-t October 17, 2020

0 Comments

No Sweat!

Horses living in climates with high temperatures and high humidity are often affected by anhidrosis (non-sweating). This is a highly effective cure th…

Doc-t August 3, 2017

268 Comments

Protein Bioavailability For Horses

Protein bioavailability in horses is essential in understanding the difference between crude protein (what is listed on the label) versus the actual a…

Doc-t November 13, 2016

2 Comments

Protein For Horses Revisited

I need to revisit what I wrote about protein in horses 2 years ago. Things need updating because the feed companies have reformulated their protein su…

Doc-t September 4, 2018

83 Comments

Protein Sources For Horses

Here is a table with various protein sources for horses. Not all inclusive, it shows commercial mixes available in the US along with the beneficial an…

Doc-t November 13, 2016

0 Comments

Rhubarb Pie, The Orbiting Earth and Your Horse

Our beliefs are based on what we've been taught by trusted sources. But is the knowledge we gain from mentors with no experience or with agendas reall…

Doc-t October 22, 2017

20 Comments