Tag: Physiology

The Advanced Equine Nutrition Course Overview – Podcast # 137 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"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…

Doc-t October 2, 2024

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Fructose Is Damaging Our Horses – Part 2 – Podcast # 136 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Why Is My Horse Always Hungry?" - Understanding glucose and fructose metabolism within the cell and the effect each substrate has on ATP, the energy …

Doc-t September 25, 2024

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Fun With Physics And Horses – Podcast #010 ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

"Physics And Horses" - Physics is a collection of laws that control how things work in this world. They have no allegiance to a country, religion or e…

Doc-t May 19, 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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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…

Doc-t February 15, 2020

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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…

Doc-t March 9, 2019

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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…

Doc-t November 3, 2018

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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…

Doc-t August 4, 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 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.

Doc-t February 19, 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 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…

Doc-t February 8, 2018

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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.

Doc-t January 28, 2018

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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…

Doc-t January 19, 2018

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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…

Doc-t January 1, 2018

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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…

Doc-t October 22, 2017

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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…

Doc-t October 5, 2017

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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…

Doc-t September 23, 2017

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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…

Doc-t August 16, 2017

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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…

Doc-t August 3, 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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Starvation and Weight Loss ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

Starvation and weight loss follow 3 possibilities: 1) lack of food, 2) inability to consume food and 3) inability to absorb food. The results are the …

Doc-t January 8, 2017

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Chronic Protein Deficiency In Horses ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

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…

Doc-t October 15, 2016

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Why Is My Horse Girthy? – HorseSense With Doc T ( Moved to community.thehorsesadvocate.com )

This HorseSense™ 5 minute video describes the cause of grittiness in horses related to hind gut inflammation from inflammatory ingredients in horse …

Doc-t March 25, 2016

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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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