All Blog Posts Tagged 'diet' (5)

Iron In The Horse's Diet: Careful Monitoring Is Needed To Maintain Equine Health And Avoid Common Health Problems

Iron is an essential micromineral in the horse's diet and nature has provided an abundance of it in soils, plants and water.  Deficiencies in this mineral are very rare while excess amounts are all too common and can affect a horse's health in detrimental ways.  If your horse has any immune issues, metabolic conditions, infections, or laminitis pay extra…

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Added by Jean Klosowicz on March 12, 2017 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Equine Nutrition: Horse Feeding Myths & Misconceptions

Here are some quick and fun myths and facts to read about nutrition... enjoy!

"Bran Mashes are Good for Horses"

Research studies have proven that adding wheat bran to the diet does not have a laxative effect.  Loose stools because of a bran mash could be caused rather from digestive upset because of the high starch.  Wheat bran fed long-term can result in a higher phosphorous to calcium ratio…

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Added by Jean Klosowicz on February 4, 2017 at 10:00am — No Comments

Cancer, Heart Disease, Diabetes, and THESE Run in Families...

We all know that cancer, heart disease, and diabetes run in families.  Do you know what else runs in families?... Recipes!

 

I firmly believe that nutrition is the foundation to good health AND that education is the foundation to good nutrition.  After thinking about how so many people are…

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Added by Patti Bartsch, Ph.D. on October 3, 2011 at 7:22pm — No Comments

Kick Start a Healthy Life – 10 Tips you can Start Today

Kick Start a Healthy Life – 10 Tips you can Start Today

By Lindsey Forkun BScN, PHN

 

1)      Eat more…

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Added by Lindsey Forkun on December 30, 2010 at 10:00am — No Comments

A Stellar Show- But, not stellar eating

Well I fell off the eating healthy wagon yesterday. We were only at the

horse show for the day which made it difficult to really have a

schedule. We left here at 11:30 and I had a bagel with lox and cream

cheese (light) around 10:30. By the time the afternoon performance got

over, it was almost 4:00 before we got to lunch. We ended up in an

italian place that some people we knew wanted to go to. Everything was

heavy cream and there was nothing that I would call… Continue

Added by Nina Kraus on June 4, 2010 at 12:42am — 4 Comments

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