* Feeding Horses – The Frequently Asked Questions
The most frequently asked questions about feeding horses asked in emails, comments and in social media. These equine nutrition questions are the bare …
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A Question About Soybeans
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…
Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 01 of 13 – Course Overview
This is an abbreviation of unit 1 from the Advanced Equine Nutrition course. The complete text, a video, and quiz questions are available with The…
Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 02 of 13 – Challenges of Proving Causation in Equine Nutrition
This is an abbreviation of unit 2 from the Advanced Equine Nutrition course. The complete text, a video, and quiz questions are available with The…
Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 03 of 13 – Understanding Energy Flux in Equine Nutrition
This is an abbreviation of unit 3 from the Advanced Equine Nutrition course. The complete text, a video, and quiz questions are available with The…
Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 04 of 13 – Understanding Energy Intake (Food) In Horses
This is an abbreviation of unit 4 from the Advanced Equine Nutrition course. The complete text, a video, and quiz questions are available with The…
Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 05 of 13 – Understanding DNA And Protein Synthesis In Horses
This is an abbreviation of unit 5 from the Advanced Equine Nutrition course. The complete text, a video, and quiz questions are available with The…
Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 06 of 13 – A Protein-Centric Diet For The Health Of Every Horse
This is an abbreviation of unit 6 from the Advanced Equine Nutrition course. The complete text, a video, and quiz questions are available with The…
Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 07 of 13 – Fat And Carbohydrates Take A Back Seat When Feeding Horses
This is an abbreviation of unit 7 from the Advanced Equine Nutrition course. The complete text, a video, and quiz questions are available with The…
Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 08 of 13 – Cell Metabolism In Horses Is Controlled By Food Availability
This is an abbreviation of unit 8 from the Advanced Equine Nutrition course. The complete text, a video, and quiz questions are available with The…
Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 09 of 13 – Lactate Drives Everything In Horses
This is an abbreviation of unit 9 from the Advanced Equine Nutrition course. The complete text, a video, and quiz questions are available with The…
Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 10 of 13 – Fructose Helps Horses Survive But Not Thrive
This is an abbreviation of unit 10 from the Advanced Equine Nutrition course. The complete text, a video, and quiz questions are available with The…
Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 11 of 13 – Are Horses Addicted To Sugar?
This is an abbreviation of unit 11 from the Advanced Equine Nutrition course. The complete text, a video, and quiz questions are available with The…
Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 12 of 13 – How Stress Impacts Horse Health
This is an abbreviation of unit 12 from the Advanced Equine Nutrition course. The complete text, a video, and quiz questions are available with The…
Advanced Equine Nutrition Part 13 of 13 – The Simplicity Of Feeding Horses
Unit 13 is the final unit of the Advanced Equine Nutrition course. The complete text is here, but a video and quiz questions are available…
Betrayal
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…
Cheating On The No Grain Diet
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…
Cheese Doodles, Chocolate Bars and Candy Won’t Hurt You
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…
Chronic Protein Deficiency In Horses
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…
Constantly At War
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…
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Introduction 1 – Complexicate
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…
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Introduction 2
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 Part 01 of 12 – Grazing Not Browsing
All equids graze ground plants. They avoid taller plants with more woody cellulose (lignin). Ruminants browse eating short and tall plants.
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 02 of 12 – The Basics of Sugar, Fat and Proteins
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 03 of 12 – Gut Microbes
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 04 of 12 – Gut Inflammation
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 05 of 12 – Mitochondria and Making Energy
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 06 of 12 – Carbohydrate Dependency
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 07 of 12 – The High Fat Diet
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 08 of 12 – The Importance of Protein
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 09 of 12 – GMO, Pesticides and Fertilizers
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 10 of 12 – Supplements
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 11 of 12 – Lectins
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 12 of 12 – Summary
The final installment of the series on feeding horses. Dig in deeper by enrolling in the Horsemanship Nutrition Course. Congratulations on reading all…
Doughnut Hole
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…
ECEIM Consensus Statement On Equine Metabolic Syndrome
The European College of Equine Internal Medicine (ECEIM) issued a statement on a problem affecting horses called Equine Metabolic Syndrome. I summariz…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
Lectins
Lectins are plant proteins developed by plants to protect their seeds from being eaten and killed by animal digestion. They cause autoimmune disease, …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…