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Identifying Unhealthy Horse Feed and Supplement Ingredients
Q: Can you please address the many unhealthy ingredients found in some supplements? Sugar, for example, is too plentiful, and can be the first ingredient in some prebiotics. My horse’s nutritionist has been teaching me now to read labels, but many people don’t know how. This same issue exists with human food and supplements; slick marketing carries the day.
—Lisa Daigle, via Facebook
A: There are definitely times when an ingredient is present in inappropriate quantities in horse feeds and/or supplements
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Written by:
Clair Thunes, PhD
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