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Information about horses food ingredients.
After researching horse feeds, it is our opinion that the following
ingredients do not provide a healthy feed for horses. We refer to GMO's
several times in the information below. Here is a link to excellent information on GMO's.
www
responsibletechnology.org. Dr. Jeffrey Bland, an internationally recognized
leader in the nutritional medicine field for over 25 years, is a nutritional
biochemist and registered clinical laboratory director, former professor of
biochemistry at the University of Puget Sound, and a previous Director of
Nutritional Research at the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine.
- Most feed contains high amounts of corn and corn
gluten. Corn is usually a GMO seed stock, produced with
chemicals and herbicides. Why is it used to such a great extent? It is
very economic, it is high in starch to help bind the pellets together and
the corn gluten will elevate the protein content. Corn is considered a high
starch. Refined gluten tends to
disturb the intestinal system because it is a glue. Many feed
manufactures are moving away from using corn in horse feed.
- Wheat Middlings. Discarded left over
bits of wheat after making flour. It is mostly flour.
- Distillers Dried Grains. Corn mash after
distillation for the production of ethanol and alcohol.
- The majority of most feed is composed of soy.
It has many forms from hulls, to meal, to oil,
plant protein and dehulled soybeans. Many companies include
several versions of soy in each product.
The soybean used is most certainly of GMO stock, produced with chemicals and
herbicides. Why is soy used to such a large extent? Economics.
Many articles conclude
that soy and soy oils are toxic and hard to digest for people and for horses
and cows and do not promote health.
- Most feeds contain Plant Proteins.
This is mainly the pulp of the soybean after extracting the oil and other
nutrients. Its nutritional value is very questionable. Plant Proteins
may also contain canola oil and flax.
- Molasses. Molasses is generally use
to increase the 'palatability' of the feed mix. In other words, the
feed would not taste good on its own. Horses appear to have similar
reactions to humans when consuming concentrated sugars.... hyperactivity,
nervousness and an addiction for more sugar.
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