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Before photo of an insulin resistant Friesian gelding. The owner put him on a strict diet using the Stable Grazer® automatic horse feeder. This along with a five day a week exercise program resulted in dramatic results. The Stable Grazer was used to give very small amounts of feed every four hours.

After photo only six weeks later. This guy lost more than 250 pounds and looks like a different horse.

After only six months 1307 pounds.

He lost more than 250 pound.

Friesian gelding at 1569 pounds.

More than 250 pounds overweight.

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Insulin Resistance

What is Insulin Resistance (IR)?

IR is similar to type 2 diabetes in people. It is a condition where the cells in the body cannot respond to insulin the way they should. IR is a metabolic disorder, not a disease and is controlled with diet and exercise.

TheHorse.com Article #10134

"Not all obese individuals are insulin-resistant, and not all IR-affected horses are obese. But IR-associated medical problems are more likely to develop in concert with obesity in individuals born with IR," said Nat Messer, DVM, Dipl. ABVP, an associate professor of equine medicine and surgery at the University of Missouri, at the 2006 AAEP Convention.

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The Role of Obesity in Insulin Resistance

Insulin Resistance is similar to type 2 diabetes in people.

"Not all obese individuals are insulin-resistant, and not all IR-affected horses are obese.”