Think on this — 3 decades ago, heck even 2, Cushings and IR in horses were considered to be ‘old horse’ diseases. COPD was not a prevalent disease nor was…

Do you have an Insulin Resistant/Metabolic Horse?  The following study might be interesting to you then — showing that Cinnamon Bark does normalize the levels of glucose, insulin and protein-bound…

BITTER MELON Bitter melon (Momordica charantia), also known as balsam pear or Chinese cucumber, is a plant containing substances proven to lower blood sugar. The mechanism of action is still…

Excerpt from article by Dr. Melyni Worth, Diet Recommendations for Equine Cushings and Cushings-Like-Syndrome, AKA Insulin Resistance PLEASE NOTE: [notes in brackets and italics mine for references] Dietary (non-drug) supplements…

It stands about 6 ft. tall at this point and is permanently affixed to the bottom of my feet.  This soap box is not going to diminish in size; in…

OK, so most horse owners have heard that sugar is bad for horses. Makes their systems go all wonkey. What most don’t know, however, that there are carbs and sugars…

…”We have also failed to address the underlying cause of disease by only suppressing symptoms with antibiotics, cortisone and related drugs, so the disease progresses and goes deeper.”

This is the 2nd most common time of the year for many horses and ponies to ‘go laminitic’. While there are many causes for laminitis the major one seems to…

The ingredients in the bucket don’t LOOK like the traditional feed for a horse … you know, that pelleted concentrated grains or the sweet feed.

It’s not.