The American public often is obsessed with fad diets and weight loss. Through the years, there have been diets for all occasions. For a time, the Atkins diet took the country by storm, with the low-carb diet taking center stage, and producers developing products ranging from cooking oil to beer, touting the low level of carbohydrates in their respective brands.

Now, the low-carb fad has found its way into diets for horses, with many owners demanding feed products with low levels of carbohydrates.

Many horse owners believe this will keep their horses at a proper weight and, thus, enhance their good health.

One of the problems with putting all of one’s proverbial eggs in the low-carb basket is that research has not yet defined the proper carbohydrate level for all horses