Tag Archives: Cushings

GLYCEMIC INDEX vs GLYCEMIC LOAD

Fresh fruits and veggies for horses?  Worried about IR and EMS horses and the sugar ‘spikes’ from fresh foods?  INDEX vs. GLYCEMIC LOAD … a good, simple explanation.  There’s nothing…

Green Tidings: Go Coo Coo for Coconut Oil

Modern research�shows that the medium chain fatty acids (MCFA)�help to increase metabolism, and are more easily digested than fats found in other oils. This is because they are processed directly…

The IR Horse

This is a brief summary of what I studied this morning: Some quote from studies that might help: (I made some notes in [brackets] following specific quote. “Interestingly, fiber from…

MAGNESIUM FOR INSULIN RESISTANCE

“Insulin’s job is to open up sites on cell membranes to allow the influx of glucose, a cell’s source of fuel. Cells that no longer respond to the advances of…