Goiter
Goiter in the horse is the term for any enlargement of the thyroid gland.
Category: Nutrition Topics
Grain Based To Forage Based Diet (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. A video - "Grain Based To Forage Based Diet"
Ground Plants
Horses are one of 3 groups of animals with similar digestive tracts in the world. Beside all equids (horses, asses and zebras), the other two are the…
Growing Horses
Foals at some point transition from nursing mother's milk to eating solid food. This is normal but sometimes some problems can occur.
Hay
Hay is last summer’s grass. It is a new supplement and it could also be called the original supplement. The purpose of hay is to add calories to…
Honesty – A True Story (blog)
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 (blog)
Hormesis is the cellular process of resting which helps to clean up cellular debris, remove damaged cells and help the mitochondria switch their fuel …
Hormesis, Rapamycin and Horses – Podcast #025
The pieces are coming together in human studies and these data are being found in all animals – and so I assume horses as well. To gain the healthy …
Horse Feeding And Nutrition – A Book Report – Podcast #037
I just finished half of an old book on feeding the horse written by a professor of nutrition. It is called “Horse Feeding And Nutrition” by Tony C…
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…
Horse Microbiome, Dentistry, And More – Podcast #063
In this podcast, I talk about a variety of subjects. Some I have discussed in detail elsewhere, and some are new. These subjects include the microbiom…
Horse Nutrition Review – Podcast #048
Every day someone asks me about feeding their horses. For me it has become simple only because I have repeated this information but for you…. maybe …
Horse Owners Experiencing An Infodemic – Podcast #051
This will be a podcast where I vent my frustration in my attempts to help horse owners help their horses thrive in a human world. All I try to do is g…
Horse Seminar Summaries – Podcast #050
I attended 3 equine seminars all with veterinarians discussing different matters: 1) “How Horses Think” put on by Cornell University (not the vet …
Horses And The Road Less Traveled – Podcast #053
Feeding our horses as they have for the past 30 years is the “well-worn path.” Insulin resistance, Cushing’s Disease, suspensory ligament diseas…
Horses And The Web Of Influence – Podcast #055
In this episode, I go through an email I received from Africa with a connection in the state of Washington here in America. Their results with laminit…
How Is What You’re Doing Working For Your Horses? – Podcast #028
Horse owners want to do the best for their horses either because of the large investment in their purchase and training / showing or because they are …
How Long Do I Need To Feed Soybean Meal To My Horses? (blog)
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…
How To Feed The Competing Horse – Podcast #020
Most horses are used for strenuous competition and we would think that they need to be feed differently from retired horses that are in the field. Thi…
Is Soybean Meal OK to feed horses? – Podcast #017
This is a question asked on the FB group – If all seeds cause gut inflammation in horses and the core belief of this group is to go back to feeding …
Jack And Kendra – A Calm Horse Is Found (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. A video titled "Jack And Kendra – A Calm Horse Is Found"
Lectins
Lectins are found in the outer coverings of seeds, fruits and leaves of all plants. Animals have adapted to these toxins in many ways. Horses have l…
Lectins (blog)
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 (blog)
Minerals are elements necessary for life. Horses get their minerals from their environment. This discusses deficiencies, excesses and regulation of mi…
Minerals And Electrolytes
Minerals and electrolytes in horses are elements (atoms) that are NOT carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. They include the macro-minerals of calci…
Molds, Mycotoxins And Soaking Horse Hay – Podcast #031
Reducing the extra body fat on our horses is the best, if not the only, way to improve and eliminate metabolic syndrome. But is there a cost to their …
No Grain Challenge
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "She is so calm now even a novice rider can sit on her. We’ve even be…
No Sweat! (blog)
Horses living in climates with high temperatures and high humidity are often affected by anhidrosis (non-sweating). This is a highly effective cure th…
Nutrition
There are two things to be said about nutrition in horses. The first is to feed horses the way they were created to eat. The second is that no one…
Nutrition In Horses – HorseTalk Webinar
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…
Persephone’s Diary (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "Day Fourteen 8/4: The 1st two weeks have gone by quickly & I’ve seen…
Physiology
Knowing how nutrition works in the horse down to the cellular and molecular level is important. You may not think so or you may not feel capable of un…
Protein and Gastric Ulcers In Horses – Podcast #057
Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome, or EGUS, is being treated in more horses today than almost any other disease considered "routine." The advent of visual…
Protein Bioavailability For Horses (blog)
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 (blog)
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 In Horses – Podcast #027
I explain what a protein is and the amino acids that make up all proteins. Then I describe the two reasons why horses are chronically deficient in pro…
Protein Sources For Horses (blog)
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…
Proteins
There are about 35,000 DIFFERENT proteins in every cell of our bodies and about 1 to 3 BILLION total proteins in each cell. Protein is important.
Report on James (testimony)
This is a testimony from a horse owner who took the 2 week no-grain challenge. "after 7 days i noticed a significant change—his itching had decrease…
Review Of Feeding Horses – Podcast #071
Over the past month, I have heard many great stories about how well the no-grain plus soybean meal diet works from my dentistry clients. However, they…
Rhubarb Pie, The Orbiting Earth and Your Horse (blog)
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…
Should Your Horse Be Turned Out On The Spring Green Grass? – Podcast #005
Every horse owner fears the green grass of spring if they have ever had a case of laminitis. In this episode I review an article written in a magazine…
Starvation and Weight Loss (blog)
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 …
Supplements
I don’t believe in any supplement for horses unless there is a deficiency. With the exception of starvation, mineral and vitamin deficiencies are r…
Symbiosis And The Horse’s Gut (blog)
Symbiosis is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms. Horses cannot live without the micro…