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…
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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…
Horses And Perception Management – Podcast # 138
"Who Tells Us What Is Good For Our Horses?" - This podcast provides two relatable examples of perception management in horse care: Is 24-hour access t…
The Advanced Equine Nutrition Course Overview – Podcast # 137
"What Aren't They Telling You About Feeding Horses?" - Horse owners are being told to purchase feed and supplements with the promise of improving ever…
Fructose Is Damaging Our Horses – Part 2 – Podcast # 136
"Why Is My Horse Always Hungry?" - Understanding glucose and fructose metabolism within the cell and the effect each substrate has on ATP, the energy …
The Flow Of Energy In Horses – Podcast # 132
"Horses And The Flow Of Energy" - I take a quick break from discussing fructose to return to the metabolism of glucose. The concept of flow (or flux),…
Fructose Is Damaging Our Horses-Part 1 – Podcast # 131
"Chronic Fructose Equals Unhealthy Horses" - Welcome to this crucial podcast, where I introduce a concept that is not just limited to humans but also …
An Interview With Horse Trainer Geoff Teall – Podcast # 129
"An Advocate For Horses Special Guest Geoff Teall" - Geoff Teall, a seasoned horse trainer with an impressive 60 years of experience, has been a clien…
Building Muscle In Horses With Protein – Podcast #127
"Catabolic Crisis Of Muscles In Horses" - Building muscle in horses is a two-stage process. Many horse owners expect results when applying only one fa…
Why Is Sugar Toxic For Horses? – Podcast #125
"Horses And Sugar - The Truth" - This podcast is about sugar as a fuel for our horses to use when it's needed to run away from danger. However, I also…
The Five Rules To Feeding Horses – Podcast #124
"% Rules To Feeding Horses" - This podcast breaks down how to feed horses into five simple rules based on what the food does, good and bad, within the…
When Making Decisions About Feeding Horses, Choose Your Battles Wisely – Podcast #120
"Choose Your Battles Wisely" - This podcast discusses a comment by a listener who likes what I'm saying but doesn't like to feed herself or her horses…
Where Are The Ads For Grain? – Podcast #116
"Where Are The Ads For Grain?" - Feeding grain and processed feeds and supplements are killing our horses, yet these companies continue advertising to…
The Calorie Equation In Horses – Podcast #112
"The Calorie Equation In Horses" - When used to understand nutrition, "calories in equals calories out" is the message of the First Law Of Thermodynam…
Protein In Horse Diets – Podcast #110
"Protein In Horse Diets" - Proteins are the most important of all the ingredients that horses need besides air and water. When planning horse diets, y…
Fat In Horse Diets – Podcast #109
"Fat In Horse Diets" - This podcast continues the simplification of one of the 7 "things" placed into our horses. These are air, water, minerals, vari…
Sugar In Horse Diets – Podcast #108
"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…
Vitamins In Horse Feed – Podcast #099
"Should You Feed Vitamins To Your Horse?" - I want to give horse owners a different perspective on whether to feed their horses vitamins. Most discuss…
Get Your Horse’s House In Order – A Magazine Review – Podcast #087
"Are More Horse Vets Coming To Help You?" - This podcast reviews a vet school’s economic impact statement and a special Equus magazine about the hea…
Feeding Sale Yearlings And All Horses – Podcast #076
"Should Young Horses Be Fed Differently?" - This podcast answers a question about the feeding of young, growing horses and their mothers sent to me by…
Various Topics – Rounds With Doc T (see excerpt) February 16, 2023
“Ask Me Anything” - The following questions were submitted (copied and pasted from the Q&A section in Zoom or from emails), along with any posted …
Various Topics – Rounds With Doc T (see excerpt) January 19, 2023
“Ask Me Anything” - The following questions were submitted (copied and pasted from the Q&A section in Zoom or from emails), along with any posted …
Review Of The No-Grain Challenge In Horses – Rounds With Doc T
The primary purpose of the "no-grain challenge" is to offer horse owners a way to feed horses according to their evolutionary development. The reason …
Review Of Feeding Horses – Podcast #071
"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…
Various Topics – Rounds With Doc T (see excerpt) October 10, 2022
Questions asked include the following: swollen head, dentistry, soybean meal, dysbiosis, feeding oil and fat, and sugar in the pasture.
Water For Horses – Podcast #069
"How To Keep Your Horse Hydrated" - Water is one of the necessary ingredients to maintain life. Every animal and plant on Earth knows this, but becaus…
Accepting Fat Horses – Podcast #064
"Is It OK If My Horse Is Fat?" - As long as there isn’t an ice age, the thin horse will survive and thrive longer than the fat horse because the dow…
Horse Microbiome, Dentistry, And More – Podcast #063
"What Is In Your Horse's Gut?" - In this podcast, I talk about a variety of subjects. Some I have discussed in detail elsewhere, and some are new. The…
Weight Loss In Horses – Dental Or Not? – Podcast #061
"Quidding And Weight Loss In Horses" - Many horse owners associate weight loss in horses with dental issues. The most common sign of a dental problem …
Horse Hay – What Is It, Why Feed It, And How To Feed It – Rounds With Doc T
In this Rounds, Doc T discusses what kind of nutrition is in hay and why the makeup of today’s hay may be at the root of several illnesses and sound…
What Are We Feeding Our Horses, And Why? – Podcast #059
"What Is In Your Feed Scoop?" - Millions of scoops of grain are fed to our horses every day around the world, yet when I ask horse owners what they ar…
Horses And The Web Of Influence – Podcast #055
"Solving Horse Problems Globally" - In this episode, I go through an email I received from Africa with a connection in the state of Washington here in…
Entropy And Horses – Podcast #054
"Improving The Healthspan Of Horses" - Entropy means the natural and required decrease in energy, moving organized things into disorganized things and…
Horses And The Road Less Traveled – Podcast #053
"Horses And The Road Less Traveled" - Feeding our horses as they have for the past 30 years is the “well-worn path.” Insulin resistance, Cushing 
Conflicting Information For Feeding Horses – Podcast #052
"Feeding A Horse Simplified" - My last podcast (#051) was about the infodemic we are experiencing in the horse world. This is where there is so much c…
Horse Owners Experiencing An Infodemic – Podcast #051
"The Infodemic Challenge To Horse Health" - This will be a podcast where I vent my frustration in my attempts to help horse owners help their horses t…
Horse Seminar Summaries – Podcast #050
"Do Horse Presentations Confuse Or Help?" - I attended 3 equine seminars all with veterinarians discussing different matters: 1) “How Horses Think 
Horse Nutrition Review – Podcast #048
"Breaking The Nutrition Rules In Horses" - Every day someone asks me about feeding their horses. For me it has become simple only because I have repea…
The Importance Of The Top Line In Horses – Podcast #045
"Is My Horse's Top Line Good?" - The top line of horses is the muscles along the back bone from the withers to the rump. It is where the saddle or loa…