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    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…
    Doc-t January 5, 2024
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    Review Of Feeding Horses – Podcast #071 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

    "No Grain For Horses?" - Over the past month, I have heard many great stories about how well the no-grain plus soybean meal diet works from my dentist…
    Doc-t October 26, 2022
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    Horse Feeding And Nutrition – A Book Report – Podcast #037 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

    "What If We Are Feeding Our Horses Wrong?" - I just finished half of an old book on feeding the horse written by a professor of nutrition. It is calle…
    Doc-t November 24, 2021
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    How To Feed The Competing Horse – Podcast #020 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

    "Feeding Competition Horses" - Most horses are used for strenuous competition and we would think that they need to be feed differently from retired ho…
    Doc-t July 28, 2021
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    Should Your Horse Be Turned Out On The Spring Green Grass? – Podcast #005 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

    "Horses On Spring Grass?" - Every horse owner fears the green grass of spring if they have ever had a case of laminitis. In this episode I review an a…
    Doc-t April 12, 2021
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    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…
    Doc-t February 11, 2021
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    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 …
    Doc-t June 19, 2020
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    * 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
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    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
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    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…
    Doc-t September 13, 2018
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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
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    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 …
    Doc-t July 15, 2017
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    Nutrition In Horses – HorseTalk Webinar ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

    Feeding horses has been learned from someone in your past. But who taught them? And who taught them? Through the chain of teacher - student the infor…
    Doc-t December 7, 2015
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