Equine Energy Medicine
Equine Energy Medicine Podcast brings you the latest on blending ancient and modern non-invasive, tools and nutrition for the energetic and physical wellbeing of your horses. Tune in for holistic horse health, nutrition, energy medicine, and care.This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not meant to diagnose, treat, cure, or prescribe. It does not replace care with your veterinary doctor. Ultimately, you are responsible for your horse’s health and wellness. Use the information here as a jumping off point to do your own research on topics that resonate with you.
E: 124 7 Signs Not to Ignore in Horses and Who to Call First
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“He’s getting older.” “She’s always been grumpy.” “He’s just a picky eater.”
Those explanations can make changes in your horse’s health easy to overlook. And when a problem keeps returning, familiarity can make it feel normal.
In this episode, we’re covering seven warning signs in horses, from subtle changes in behavior and forage consumption to declining stamina, muscle loss, and recurring digestive problems. You’ll learn what to observe, which details are useful to record, and how to decide whom to co...
E: 123 Navicular in Horses
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Navicular Syndrome in Horses: What Actually Helps
A navicular diagnosis can leave horse owners feeling like their only options are corrective shoes, injections, pain medication, and eventually retirement. But how much do we really understand about what's causing the pain?
In this episode of the Equine Energy Medicine Podcast, Audrey Christie takes a closer look at navicular syndrome in horses, including the anatomy involved, why heel pain isn't always caused by navicular bone degeneration, and what a whole-horse...
E: 122 Equine Asthma and Heaves: What Keeps Airways Inflamed
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Equine Asthma and Heaves: What Keeps Airways Inflamed
What should you feed a horse with heaves? If every answer sends you shopping for another respiratory supplement, it's time to look at the rest of the ration.
In this episode, Audrey explores equine asthma and heaves through her anti-inflammatory forage approach. We're looking at the hay, pasture, feed, and supplements together, along with individual nutritional needs and the air your horse breathes throughout the day.
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E: 121 Equine Gastric Ulcers: Why Symptoms Return After Treatment
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Equine Gastric Ulcers: Why Symptoms Return After Treatment
Stuck in a repeating cycle of ulcers? Before you buy more supplements or continue medication forever, let's take a closer look at the whole feeding program.
In this episode, functional equine nutrition practitioner Audrey McLaughlin walks through her ingredient-first review of feeds and supplements, forage access across the full day and night, and the daily routines that deserve attention when symptoms return.
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...E: 120 Cushings/PPID: 2026 Update
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Learn how to assess the bigger picture when caring for a horse with Cushing’s disease: coat and shedding, muscle, appetite, feet, feeding, and response to care alongside ACTH testing with your veterinarian.
In this episode, functional equine nutrition practitioner Audrey McLaughlin explains PPID and shares her approach to forage-first equine nutrition, mineral balance, and practical management. She walks through the difference between body condition and muscle condition, why protein intake deserves attention, and how to review a feeding program before adding mo...
E: 119 Equine Metabolic Syndrome: What to Feed and Why
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What should you feed a horse with equine metabolic syndrome (EMS)? Before buying another metabolic supplement, let’s look at the whole diet: hay, pasture, feed, treats, and everything else going into the bucket.
In this episode of the Equine Energy Medicine Podcast, Audrey McLaughlin walks through her anti-inflammatory forage diet approach to feeding metabolic horses and easy keepers. Learn what insulin dysregulation means, how it relates to laminitis risk, and why a low-sugar feed label leaves important questions unanswered.
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E: 118 EPM in 2026: Treatment vs Recovery
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Here is the question I get asked about EPM four times a week: does he need another round?
And here is the question almost nobody asks: what is actually limiting this horse right now, and which part of his recovery has never been addressed?
Those two questions send you down two completely different years. One is a loop. The other is a plan.
In this episode, Audrey McLaughlin, Functional Equine Nutritionist, takes apart the assumptions that keep horses stuck...
E: 117 Your Horse Finished Lyme Disease Treatment, Now What?
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Your horse finished Lyme treatment and still is not right. Technically cleared by the vet, but you know something is still obviously not right.
Your vet did her job. The medication is finished. And your horse still is not the horse you had last spring.
Flat topline. No stamina. Sticky behind. Grouchy about the girth. Nothing you can point to on a vet exam, and nothing that has improved since the last dose went in.
Here is the piece t...
E: 116 10 Things Hauling 104 Hours Taught Me
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Over the last few weeks, I have had the privilege of hauling (some of) my horses for around 104 hours (well, the driving part was 104 hours - the horse part was around 60 hours) in August, along the Gulf Coast. Here are 10 things I learned about moving horses over 3,200 miles. I hope you enjoy!
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E: 115 When the Stifle Locks: Looking Beyond Clean Imaging in the Young Horse
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A four-year-old mare the vet diagnosied with synovitis, suspected bilateral upward fixation of the patella and normal radiographs and ultrasound.
In this episode, Audrey explores how development, muscle capacity, hoof balance, inflammation and nutrition may contribute to a locking-stifle pattern even when imaging is unremarkable. She also discusses forage-based nutritional support, protein and mineral adequacy, flax versus preformed DHA, dried Schizochytrium microalgae and the importance of veterinarian-directed rehabilitation and collaborative care.
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E: 114 Insulin Resistance in Horses: The 2026 Update
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Most horse owners hear insulin resistance and picture a fat horse with a cresty neck. But body fat is not the definition, and lean horses can have insulin dysregulation too. In this episode, we are breaking down what the term actually means in 2026, why low NSC labels are not enough, and the ten questions I mentally run thru on every metabolic case.
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E: 113 What Anti-Inflammatory Nutrition Actually Means
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What does anti-inflammatory nutrition actually mean for horses? In this episode, I break down how anti-inflammatory equine nutrition became oversimplified into a “fix it with a scoop of...” mentality—and why that misses the point entirely.
We’ll talk about the real role of forage, feed ingredients, fatty acid balance, sugar and starch, minerals, protein, gut health, metabolic health, and targeted supplementation. You’ll learn why inflammation is highly individual from horse to horse, why ingredients still matter, and how to build a nu...
E: 112 PEA, Palmitoylethanolamide for Horses in Pain
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Palmitoylethanolamide, better known as PEA, is gaining attention as a potential tool for chronic, inflammatory, and neuropathic pain. In this episode, Audrey examines how PEA works, the only published equine case series, the dose used in those horses, formulation and absorption concerns, safety limitations, where PEA might fit in a rehabilitation plan, and why FEI competitors need to be extremely cautious.
This one is a doozy! Stay with me until the end for summary information.
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E: 111 Should We Rethink Levamisole for EPM? What Every Horse Owner Needs to Know
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Levamisole has become one of the most talked-about adjunct therapies for Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM), but should horse owners and practitioners be asking more questions?
In this episode, Audrey McLaughlin, RN, MSN, Board-Certified Traditional Naturopath and equine nutrition practitioner, explores how working in both human and equine health reveals important crossover insights.
We discuss why some veterinarians use levamisole for EPM, how it may influence the immune system, the recent European withdrawal of human levamisole products following concerns about inflammatory white ma...
E: 110 Topline Truth: Why More Protein and Amino Acids Won't Fix It
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Your horse still doesn't have a topline, even after switching feeds and adding an amino acid supplement. Audrey breaks down why topline loss is rarely a protein problem, why sodium and mineral status matter more than most owners realize, and why chronic inflammation can block muscle building no matter what's in the bucket. Learn the real drivers behind a weak topline and what actually needs to change to build it back correctly.
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E: 109 Supplement Spotlight: Magnesium
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Magnesium is the most recommended supplement in the horse world right now. Every trainer has an opinion. Every feed store clerk has a favorite brand. Every Facebook group has a thread telling you which form is "the good one."
Today we're taking magnesium apart to teach you how to actually think about it instead of just following whatever the internet told you this month.
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E: 108 Hoof Abscesses — Hidden Root Causes
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Sound familiar? The ground gets wet, then dry, then wet again. And like clockwork, your horse comes up three-legged lame with a hot, throbbing foot. You call the vet. You call the farrier. Somebody says wet-dry cycles. Somebody says stone bruise. You soak, you wrap, you wait for it to blow, and everyone moves on until next year.
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E: 107 Summer Skin Allergies: Your Horse's Skin Isn't The Problem
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Every summer, thousands of horses are diagnosed with allergies. They get steroid injections, antihistamines, fly sprays, expensive supplements, and then next summer, they are right back where they started.
Today we are looking at summer skin (and overall allergies) through the EEM framework - and by the end of this, you will see your horses very differently.
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E: 106 White Line Disease: What It Is, How It's Treated, and What Nobody Told You About Why It Keeps Coming Back
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Today we're talking about white line disease, and I want to approach this one a little differently than most of what you'll find online, because most of what you'll find online stops about halfway through the actual story.
We're going to start at the beginning: what white line disease actually is, how it's typically treated, and why that treatment plan is necessary but often not enough on its own. Then we're going to talk about the piece that almost nobody brings up, which...
E: 105 5 Common Mistakes Uncovered with MMMT
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Today's topic is the reason terrain gets out of balance in the first place. We're talking about the five biggest mistakes I see on the Minerals and Metals Mane Test, the MMMT, week after week, horse after horse.
Here's the belief I want you to walk away questioning today: most horse owners are not making bad decisions. They're making nutrition decisions with incomplete information. There's a real difference between those two things, and once you see these five mistakes laid out, you'll understand...
E: 104 Fecal Water Syndrome: Your Horse's Hind End Isn't the Real Problem
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Your horse has had fecal water for months. You've tried the probiotics. You've added the gut supplements. You've done the paste. You switched hay. You called your vet. And every single time, you get some version of the same answer: it's probably stress, or maybe ulcers, or just how some horses are.
And meanwhile your horse is standing there with stained legs, and you are standing there with an empty wallet and zero answers.
Here's what I want to tell you...
E: 103 The 2022 HTMA Study: What It Actually Found, What It Didn't, and Why It Matters
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Today we're tackling one of the most frequently cited studies in the world of equine hair tissue mineral analysis, or HTMA.
If you've spent any time researching HTMA, you've probably heard someone say:
"That 2022 Journal of Equine Veterinary Science study proved hair mineral testing doesn't work."
And honestly, that's one of the reasons I wanted to record this episode.
Because after reviewing more than 10,000 mane mineral analyses over the years, I think it's important that
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E: 102 Q&A Episode Peptides, Herbs, Holistic Vets and More
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Cleaning out the Q&A bin, in this episode we had some fantastic questions - we are talking about:
Dr. Allison Marshall, DVM and her podcast Full Circle Equine Wellness as well as her thoughts on soyChantal from Australia asks about herbs and combining them, how many is too manyVisium Light code clarification: audrey10And a deep discussion around a peptide question, how they work (or don't), and injectable vs feed thruMinerals and Metals Mane Test: https://equine-energy-medicine.myshopify.com/p...
E: 101 Why Good Nutrition Programs Sometimes Still Fail
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In this episode:
Why well-fed horses still struggleThe four reasons good programs failWhat 10,000+ mineral assessments reveal about patternsHow to shift from symptom-chasing to root cause thinkingLinks mentioned:
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E: 100 The Horses That Stay Sound Longer
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Today, we are talking about longevity. About what it actually takes to build a horse that ages well. About why some horses peak later instead of declining earlier. And about what owners who have these horses did differently -- not just in their senior years, but years before anyone was thinking about senior years.
Because the horses that stay sound longer? They usually aren't lucky. They're built that way. And it starts way earlier than most people think.
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E: 99 The Feed Room Is Creating Half the Problems
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Walk into the average horse barn and tell me what you see in the feed room.
Bags of complete feed. Probably a senior formula. Maybe a ration balancer sitting next to a fat supplement sitting next to a joint supplement sitting next to a hoof supplement sitting next to something for ulcers. And somewhere in the back, a bucket of electrolytes that nobody's really sure if they still need.
And the horse? Still ouchy. Still slow to recover. Still metabolically weird...
E:98 When Did We Decide Horses Falling Apart Was Normal?
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The horse industry has a dirty little secret.
We’ve been calling deterioration a care plan.
Joint injections at ten. Ulcers at seven. Behavioral issues blamed on attitude. Topline disappearing despite a full feed room. And everyone just… nods along. Like this is fine. Like this is just what horses do.
It’s not fine. And it’s not inevitable. And today we are going to talk about why.
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E: 97 Why Your Horse Isn't Absorbing Vitamin E — Even at 8,000–10,000 IU
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Why isn't my horse absorbing vitamin E? In this episode, we cover the difference between natural d-alpha-tocopherol and synthetic dl-alpha-tocopherol, why horses on hay are almost always starting from deficiency, how oxidative stress from iron overload, high-PUFA fats, and inflammation depletes vitamin E faster than you can replace it, and how to actually troubleshoot non-response.
Sources
Kentucky Equine Research: Natural vs. Synthetic Vitamin E bioavailability studies (Nano-E® research)
ScienceDirect: Form of Vitamin E Supplementation Affects Oxidative and I...
E: 97 Light as a Biological Signal: What It Means for You and Your Horse
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Light is one of the most overlooked inputs in both human and equine health—and it may be one of the most impactful.
We spend so much time focusing on nutrition, supplements, and protocols… but the body responds to its environment first. And light is a primary signal that helps regulate circadian rhythm, hormone patterns, energy production, and nervous system balance.
In this episode, I sit down with the creator of Visum Light to explore how targeted light exposure can support the...
E: 96 He Was Already on a Forage-Based Diet… So Why Wasn’t He Improving?
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If your horse is already on a forage-based, low inflammatory feeding program and you’re still not seeing the changes you expected… you’re not alone.
In this episode, we walk through a common scenario: a horse on a well-structured nutrition program that still appears “stuck.” Instead of immediately changing the feed or adding more supplements, we explore another layer—how feeding strategy, daily routine, and overall management can influence how a horse utilizes nutrition.
This episode focuses on four key areas to rev...
E: 95 Q&A Cushings, CAPE, MFM and more
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Clearing out the Q&A today! Tune in for CAPE (bee propolis), busting MFM feeding myths, Minerals and Metals Mane Test timing, how to get started on a forage diet, and Cushings info.
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Circadian Rhythm in Horses: The Missing Link in Metabolic Health, Insulin Resistance & Weight Loss
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If your horse is on the “perfect” program — low sugar, balanced minerals, anti-inflammatory diet — but still struggling with weight, insulin resistance, or metabolic issues… you may be missing one critical piece:
Circadian rhythm.
In this episode, we break down how light — specifically timing of light exposure — acts as a primary regulator of metabolism.
Human research shows that delaying morning light exposure is associated with higher body fat, independent of diet and exercise. And horses, as highly light-sensitive, seasonal anima...
E 94: Cinnamon for PSSM horses
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Is Ceylon Cinnamon good or bad for PSSM horses? PSSM 1 or 2? Does it matter? Learn about the right cinnamon, how and why it works (or doesn't).
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E: 93 Vitamin E - Why is it low and what to look for
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Recently I had a client working with the vet and myself on vitamin E levels in her horse. This horse was receiving Vitamin E for a long period of time, daily, 10,000iU and yet the blood work continued to come back deficient. Tune in to learn what to look for, what it means, and how you can impact change for your horse.
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E: 92 Soy as a Feed Ingredient and Protein Info You Need to Hear
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Recently there was some push back around soy as an ingredient and more over as an amino acid requirement in feed and or ration balancers. The good ol “show me the scientific evidence” came right out. So lets talk about soy as an ingredient and why it matters even for horses that don’t have a direct sensitivity or allergy for soy. Today we will talk through a few different aspects including soys anti-nutrient properties, glyphosate issues, and the all important “what about amino acids then?” ...
E: 91 The Great Magnesium Debate
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There is a lot of confusion in the magnesium space. Which form is better? What is all of this elemental magnesium talk?
Here’s the scoop, claims that magnesium oxide is better are based on misinterpreted comparisons, typically magnesium oxide vs magnesium citrate, and/or on something called elemental magnesium content, rather than true bioavailability.
And here’s a hint, when you evaluate magnesium types using mineral physiology principles and broader magnesium literature, these claims are not supported.
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E: 90 Stick with Success with Rebecca Haddock of EquiTecs
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Join me in a fascinating discussion with Rebecca Haddock, Equi-Tape founder, now called EquiTecs who designed, developed, and launched an advanced biomechanics taping modality that has revolutionize equine rehabilitation and performance. I love Rebecca's knowledge and passion, and her affinity for "saying the quiet part out loud."
You will find everything you need regardless of whether you are horse owner, professional, or DVM at https://www.equitecs.com/
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E: 89 Enteroliths: The Stone Nobody Sees Coming – And Why Minerals, Acid & Energy Matter More Than You’ve Been Told
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Enteroliths: The Stone Nobody Sees Coming – And Why Minerals, Acid & Energy Matter More Than You’ve Been Told
Enteroliths.
Those massive mineral stones that form silently in the horse’s colon and suddenly show up as an emergency colic, surgery, or worse — euthanasia.
Most vets will tell you they’re random.
Idiopathic.
Unpredictable.
But I don’t believe in random disease processes.
And if you’ve been following me for any length of time — neither do you.
E: 88 Vitamin E on Your Feed Label
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Whether it is a new "forage feed" for your horses or the same old tired concentrated feed products, you will find Vitamin E on the label. Today, we are talking about why that doesn't count towards your horse's daily vitamin E requirement and what to do instead.
References
Nielsen M M et al. (2022). Lipid oxidation in whole-grain flour during storage after milling. University of Copenhagen.Barden L & Decker E A (2016). Lipid Oxidation in Low-Moisture Foods: Mechanisms and Role of Antioxidants. C...E: 86 Hoof Problems Start in the Gut
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Farriers are consistently the first people to spot chronic health issues in horses because mysterious hoof problems like persistent thrush, crumbling AND cracking hoof walls, abscess cycles, and white line disease aren't actually hoof problems at all, they're external symptoms of internal inflammatory chaos that's compromising the body's ability to build healthy tissue from the inside out.
In this episode, we are diving into several topics around the root cause of hoof problems:
why hooves reflect internal healththe role inflammatory diets play i...