As an equine nutritionist, I quite often have customers who come to me with crazy ideas about their feeding programs which they have sourced off the internet. At times they honestly believe that, even though there is no listed source to the information, since it was on the internet it must be true!
Sometimes the information is credible, and sometimes I myself even do a bit of research online. I am careful to note however, that there is a contact name/number of the person who listed the material. As well, there should be listed resources or references from which portions of the information came (like studies, trials, and masters or doctorate papers).
I understand too, that sometimes horse nutrition information is presented in a manner in which the reader doesn’t quite understand all of the terminology or physiology, and so they seek out simpler articles (which unfortunately seem to be less credible) and base their theories on that. The mistake in doing this is obvious, as they could be missing out on very important details left out in the simplified information.
The last mistake that some internet equine nutrition researchers make is that they read one article on the topic, and go with it. At the very least, 3 articles should be found compared, and sourced in order to get an answer to any feeding questions.
So in closing, I am curious how many people would actually pay to have someone do the leg work for them, and come up with a professional, legitimate feeding program tailored specifically with their horses best feeding needs in mind (I say this because nutritionists from feed companies typically have priorities of their own, and commissions to make).
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