• The only Horse Insulin Resistance supplement that’s tested to ensure safe sugar and starch content. You have no idea of the levels of these important ingredients in other products.
• The only Horse Insulin Resistance supplement double-lab tested for mineral amounts. These tests show how safe HEIRO is on levels of over ten (10) important minerals.
• The only one that provides documented information regarding the Vitamin E level per scoop showing we are the highest level in the world. Vitamin E is an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and vascular supporter of the hoof.

Report date: February 2013 – Iodine – 12.7 ppm

HEIRO is the ONLY Equine Insulin Resistance product showing Iodine levels. At 12.7 ppm, 1 tablespoon scoop dose is .12 mg a day.

What Is Not In HEIRO?

• HEIRO is not cooked or processed – at times you will actually see the entire seed of the herb in HEIRO. Cooking takes vitamins/minerals out.
• Unsafe amounts of unknown items – HEIRO’s herbs are natural and double-lab tested for content and safety. In 2000, the State of California Department of Health Services put out a warning that five (5) Chinese herbal mixtures for Diabetes contained two (2) pharmaceutical drugs. Vet. Practice News, May 2006.
• No fillers – this is why you only give one (1) tablespoon a day.
• Not a diluted tea – again, vitamins and minerals are lost.
• No sugar additives – HEIRO is the only supplement tested to be low in sugar and starch. Our starch is only 0.5% and our simple sugar is only 3.8%.
• No artificial flavors or preservatives. No artificial colors. All natural.
• No untested, unknown sources of herbs.  HEIRO contains only the best, top rated, 100% Natural Herbs.  There is no finer source of herbs for people or horses.

• PA state lab tested negative for Heavy Metals.
• No melamine– state lab certified.
• PA state lab tested negative for drugs, pesticides.
• PA state lab tested negative for Salmonella, E. Coli, Listeria.

In today’s world of tainted dog and cat foods and baby formula, you need to know HEIRO is safe.

What is Horse Insulin Resistance?

1. Abnormally high Insulin levels cause metabolic changes leading to increased fat, overweight, fatigue, and eventually Laminitis.

2. Why high Insulin? Inability to respond and use Insulin the body produces because the Insulin is not functioning properly; higher and higher Insulin levels are needed to achieve the same effect. These high levels of Insulin damage the body.

Does My Horse Have Horse Diabetes?

No.  Horses do not get Diabetes like people.

Equine Insulin Resistance is mistakenly called Horse Diabetes, Horse Pre-Diabetes, Horse Early Stage Diabetes, or Horse Type 2 Diabetes – for years and it created confusion.  Horses and people can both get Insulin Resistance, but horses do not go to the next step of Diabetes.  In people, they can advance on to Diabetes if Insulin Resistance is not controlled.

In Horse Insulin Resistance: Blood Insulin is high but Blood Glucose (Blood Sugar) is normal for both horses and people.  In people, Early Stage Type 2 Diabetes occurs if Insulin Resistance is not controlled: Blood Insulin is High, Blood Glucose is also high.  Horses do not get this type of Diabetes.  In people, if Early Stage Type 2 Diabetes is not controlled, the Pancreas cells “burn out” and can’t make Insulin any more, so Blood Sugar goes super high and Insulin shots are required.  This is called Late Stage Diabetes.  Again, horses do not get this type of Diabetes.

Rarely in horses, Glucose values can be elevated such as in Equine Cushings, extreme infections, or high fevers.  If the horse is already having Equine Insulin Resistance with high Insulin, then will see high Insulin and High Glucose. This is not true Horse Diabetes but an overlapping of diseases.  Once the horse is treated, Glucose levels will drop back down to normal.

Dr. Reilly is the “Ask The Vet” expert on Equine Insulin Resistance for the AAEP.

What are the signs of Horse Insulin Resistance?

1. Laminitis– acute or chronic. Repeat episodes over the years, pasture turnout stopped but still happens, secondary to Cushings disease, more often in ponies, occurs in the middle of the winter when there is no grass around. The horse only gets hay and no grain and still happens.

2018 European Internal Medicine Consensus Validates Heiro Program
1. EMS (Equine Metabolic Syndrome) – not a disease, only a list of risk factors for endocrinopathic laminitis via high insulin. (Insulin Resistance).
2. Laminitis is the #1 clinical consequence of EMS.
3. 22% of horses in USA have EMS. #1 risk factor = obesity. Genetics is another big factor. 18% estimated to have it that are healthy, non-laminitis (inapparent but have it).
4. Oral Karo light syrup dynamic challenge test is the best test.
5. Cushings can cause insulin changes so if there are signs, need to test for it.
6. “Muzzles have added benefit of increasing forage time and exercise.”
Dr. Reilly: What we have pushed for over 10 years is now accepted – wonderful.
7. Metformin – oral bio availability poor in horses, does not have systemic effects on insulin.
8. Thyroid powder well tolerated, helps body mass to reduce, proven to help insulin sensitivity.
Dr. Reilly: What we have pushed for over 10 years is now accepted – wonderful.
9. Horses that improve insulin dysregulation rapidly might be able to resume restricted grazing relatively quickly.
Dr. Reilly: what we have pushed for over 10 years is now accepted – wonderful
Click Here for Article

2. Overweight– either by diet, lack of exercise, or genetics. 25% of people with Insulin Resistance due to genetics. On no grain or little grain and stays big, exercise and still big. Cresty neck often seen.

3. Cushings– 2 ways Insulin Resistance is linked with Cushings.

a. Many with diagnosed Cushings also have Insulin Resistance but this second condition is not diagnosed, so on Pergolide but still does not do well.

b. Recent study shows Cushings in horses is massively under diagnosed, so if these are missed, then more are missed with both Cushings and Insulin Resistance.

c. Dr. Grubbs, 2016 Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum. 45% of Cushing horses have high insulin also.

See the article showing as horses get older, they probably have both conditions

4. Age– as horses get older, they lose muscle and gain fat. Fat production goes way up in Insulin Resistance because Insulin makes fat and fat produces toxins leading to an increase in Insulin. Also as horses age, Cushings incidence goes up.

5. Fatigue– can not exercise as well as in the past. They become dull and resist riders.

6. Certain Breeds– Breeds that were designed for a rugged existence seem to be more susceptible due to today’s easier surroundings. These breeds include Quarter Horses, Morgans, Paso Finos, Mustangs, Pony breeds, Tennessee Walkers, and Rocky Mountain Horses.

7. Genetics– The National Institute of Health (NIH) has shown a genetic trait in Insulin Resistance. Often the mare or stallion had Insulin Resistance and now the offspring start to show signs.

8. History behind the horse– The previous owner warns the new owner that the animal must live on a dirt lot and never be turned out. They are the horses who are fed very little food and stay “fat on air”. Some times Pergolide helped in the past but is no longer effective.

9. Winter Foot Pain – Even with no grass in sight, the feet get sore. Less exercise, loss of fresh grass, vitamins/magnesium, cold stress, cortisol increase, seasonal ACTH increase, longer fasting periods between food intake all contribute.

10. Abnormally Foot Sore after routine trimmings by Farrier. Takes several days after scheduled trimmings to recover soundness. This is an Insulin problem not a bad trim job. The Farrier is the key to a successful program.

Genetic lock– diet/exercise is not controlling Insulin. Owners have tried multiple management techniques but the horse is still foot sore, has repeat laminitis, can’t be turned out on grass, and stays big on little food. Also the horse is a candidate for future problems and the owner would like to avoid a problem instead of waiting for the problem to occur. These are the horses the HEIRO program can help.

11. Horse insulin resistance creates cardiac changes – new finding.

The heart is directly affected by Insulin Resistance in a 2017 study from a Swiss Veterinary School. Heart rate is higher (37% had over 48 beats a minute) than the controls which accrued 40-41 beats per minute.  This is important for Vets to know due to the heart rate is a parameter measured for health status.

Also of interest, the Insulin Resistant horse’s Insulin resting rates were only 10 uU/ml, but on a challenge they jumped way up to 145 uU/ml, further showing the need for a challenge to find true Insulin Resistant horses. The heart, itself, had changes in wall thickness in areas in Insulin Resistant horses also.  Insulin Resistance effects not just the feet, but total body systems.  Click here to see Dr. Heliczer’s article in JAVMA on Cardiovascular findings in ponies with equine metabolic syndrome.

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