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Diet and Laminitis – No Link to Fructan
Horses and ponies, donkeys and mules, may develop laminitis on diets based on either hay or pasture. The cause isn’t fructan. It isn’t hind gut acidosis. Here’s the science. The AAEP’s Laminitis Working Group did a four year study with … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged EMS, ESC, fructan, horses, insulin, Laminitis, PPID, starch, Supplements
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Is Acorn Toxicity in Horses Real?
Squirrels aren’t the only ones hoovering up the Fall crop of acorns. Horses love them too. A yummy treat courtesy of Mother Nature – or are they harmful? Many people report their horses regularly indulge in acorns in the Fall … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged acorn, colic, diarrhea, EMS, fatality, gallic acid, kidney damage, Laminitis, phenolics, starch, tanins, Toxicity
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Do You Need an Oral Sugar Test to Diagnose EMS?
It has been established that high blood insulin is responsible for about 90% of all laminitis cases and best current estimate is 10 to 15% of the equine population is at risk of EMS – Equine Metabolic Syndrome. A central … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged EMS, G:I, glucose, insulin, Laminitis, MIRG, oral sugar test, proxies, RISQI, sensitivity, specificity
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Insulin Problems – Forget about NSC
Hay or pasture is a major component of any horse’s diet, and is likely to be virtually the complete diet in animals that are obese. Since insulin resistance is often part of the reason why a horse or pony becomes … Continue reading
Obesity and Metabolic Problems
The vast majority of us are well familiar with how easy it is to gain weight with the wrong foods or simply too much food and how hard it can be to lose it. The same is true for most … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged diet, EMS, exercise, Inflammation, insulin, Laminitis, obesity, weight loss
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Also Trending – Lectin-Free for Insulin Resistant Horses
In much the same way that the Keto diet is a reincarnation of Atkins, Gundry’s lectin-free diet for humans actually draws heavily on the Blood Group Diet and Paleo Diet that came before it. Unfortunately, another similarity is that some … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged EMS, exercise, grain, insulin receptor, Insulin Resistance, Laminitis, lectin-free diet, toxic
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The Real Cause of PAL – Pasture-Associated Laminitis
It isn’t fructan. It isn’t hind gut acidosis. Here’s the science. The AAEP’s Laminitis Working Group did a four year study with the goal of identifying laminitis risks. Other than diet, EMS pattern obesity, known EMS or PPID and use … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged acidosis, EMS, fermentation, fructan, insulin, Laminitis, PAL, pasture, pasture associated laminitis, PPID
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Can EMS Horses Graze Dead Winter Pastures?
Unless you are living in an area with very mild winters, your pasture grasses will shrivel and turn brown over the winter. However, that plant is not dead and horses will be more than happy to eat it. This could … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged carbohydrates, EMS, grazing, Laminitis, pasture, winter
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