Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 13 of 13 – The Simplicity Of Feeding Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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How Long Do I Need To Feed Soybean Meal To My Horses? ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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…
Mineral Deficiency In Horse Hay And Pasture ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Minerals are elements necessary for life. Horses get their minerals from their environment. This discusses deficiencies, excesses and regulation of mi…
Feeding Salt To Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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 …
Hormesis, Hay And Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Hormesis is the cellular process of resting which helps to clean up cellular debris, remove damaged cells and help the mitochondria switch their fuel …
Food Does Not Equal Love ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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…
* 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 …
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…
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…
Weed Killer In My Beer And Wine ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
There are a lot of you who drink beer and a lot who drink wine. Some drink both. Today’s newspaper has some bad news for you. There is weed ki…
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…
Feeding Senior Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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…
Honesty – A True Story ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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…
Protein For Horses Revisited ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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…
Feeding The Horse As Simple As 1-2-3 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
Rhubarb Pie, The Orbiting Earth and Your Horse ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
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…
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…
Lectins ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Lectins are plant proteins developed by plants to protect their seeds from being eaten and killed by animal digestion. They cause autoimmune disease, …
Symbiosis And The Horse’s Gut ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Symbiosis is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms. Horses cannot live without the micro…
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…
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…
Why Horses Should Not Be Fed Grain ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )
Feeding horses grain is a new concept (about 100 years) relative to the time they have been kept by humans (4000 years) or their time living on Earth …