Thank you @AngelaM for being here from the start and helping me get off the ground. I am grateful and we will miss you. Thanks of helping horses thrive in a human world! Doc T

You are welcome! Thank you for being your Horse’s Advocate. Come back any time.

No I have not. But I also know that if you don’t get enough sleep every night (4 to 5 sleep cycles) then these will accumulate. Poor sleep seems to be at the root of cognitive decline (called now type 3 diabetes) as well as insulin resistance. Sleep and eat well – gee, maybe mom was right? Luckily we don’t see (recognize or measure)… Read more

Jan and Feb AMA videos are now correct! Thanks for your patience! Go to the forum “Zoom Events” and look for the discussion with the AMA title.

Great point! The brain accepts glucose without the need for insulin. This is called insulin independent glucose uptake. Muscles also have this independent uptake when the cells are in exercise mode (at V O2 Max or approximately 60% of aerobic exercise – under anaerobic levels).

Glucose for the brain comes from liver glycogen storage and… Read more

From what I understand, the burning of glucose is a less efficient process than burning fat (free fatty acid or FFA) in the mitochondrial electron transport chain / Krebs cycle. The FFA releases 20 to 28 times more energy than it does from glucose. And in the process, free radicals are formed from oxidizing glucose that need to… Read more

THANK YOU!!

I am grateful for everyone who comes here and then after discovering the benefits tell others. The reward is seeing the horses improve along with the smiles on the faces of owners.

Keep smiling when others don’t understand. For many this paradigm shift is a process. Stay positive when others doubt you. Just set the example with… Read more

I thought I had answered this so I apologize for any technical glitch that evaporated it!

Dealing with flies has always been a problem. However I have not seen a problem with horses ingesting any significant amount of residual sprays. My wife has been spraying our horses for decades. But this really doesn’t prove anything so I would also… Read more

I wonder if your farrier (if not you) will notice this too? It is one of the fun parts when someone else notices what you see.

LOL – the “fun” of owning horses. Not only a cut but the timing of it to be the most inconvenient – on your way to work.

Using anything to clean a wound before granulation tissue forms and the new epithelial cells haven’t formed is OK with me. Personally I like a soap such as an iodine / povodine scrub plus physical abrasion as long as the horse will stand for it. However, after this 1st cleaning it is really important to not use anything that will destroy the… Read more