Nutrition, Supplements & Fitness

Look at those TEEFS. That is one good nap. Sally the mini has apparently mastered something most of us struggle with. If you saw the video of her flat-out asleep in the sun this week, that is not laziness. That is a horse doing exactly what her body needs, and it turns out the rest of us could learn something from her. Sleep gets treated like a luxury, something to sacrifice when life gets busy. For anyone working on weight management, that trade-off costs more than most p

The Lawless Territory of the Checkout Counter When we are on a road trip, nutrition rules are suspended in our family. Cookies for breakfast? Sure! Chips as a main food group? Why not? It's one day in a life of healthy eating, and my kids always enjoyed the "no rules" rule of the road. This plan requires a lot of stops at mini marts along the way, and as a doc, I always notice the dangerous things that are sitting right next to the register at every checkout. Every parent k

Real fitness. The kind that moves manure. A lady caught me at my last horse show, frustrated that her BMI looked fine on paper but she felt weaker in the saddle than she had five years ago. Her weight had barely changed. Her strength had not kept pace. That mismatch has a name, and it deserves a lot more attention than it gets. Sarcopenic obesity is the combination of excess fat and low muscle mass and function happening in the same body at the same time. It hides well. A

Daisy, who likes to tie up Every rider knows the feeling. Two days after a hard lesson or a tough class, your inner thighs announce themselves the moment you try to get out of bed. That soreness has a name: delayed onset muscle soreness, or DOMS, and understanding what is actually happening in your muscles makes it a lot easier to manage. DOMS shows up after unfamiliar or intense exercise, especially the kind involving eccentric muscle contractions, meaning the muscle is le

Best view in the world GLP-1 medications work by quieting appetite, and for most patients that is exactly the point. Less hunger, smaller portions, steady weight loss. What gets less attention is what happens when appetite suppression goes far enough that patients simply are not eating enough to meet their nutritional needs, and why that matters more than most people realize. A recent case review brought this into sharp focus. Researchers identified several patients on se

Sweat patches, WHOOP bands, Oura Rings, and performance vests are showing up on elite World Cup athletes, and the teams deploying them have a specific goal: catch fatigue before it becomes a problem, personalize recovery, and find every possible edge. England's team has been tracking jet lag through heart rate variability. Brazil's squad wore sweat patches to dial in hydration in real time. You may even have one for your last ride, counting strides and turns and transitions.

Annie drunk at the vet You are standing in a barn at 6am, wrapping legs, hauling hay, running on coffee and sheer determination, and somewhere between classes you found a reel that told you to get your cortisol checked, your DUTCH test done, your vitamin D optimized, your hormones mapped, and your adrenal function evaluated. The reel had 400,000 likes and a very pretty graphic. The woman in it had a medical title that sounded official. Here is what she did not tell you: mos

Abby the cat embracing napping as her preferred wellness strategy I remember that saying from my days at the Air Force Academy. It's an homage to not working harder than you have to, and there are tons of wellness influencers out there on every social media platform telling you what you have to do to live longer. Here's a great study that actually answers the question, and it's a lot easier than you think. BLUF: An extra 5 minutes of sleep, 2 minutes of at least moderate