Essential Fatty Acids need to be a part of your daily horse feeding program. Look at the label making sure that they are in the ingredient list as many supplements omit them.. When feeding fats they most often are included along with other ingredients, so make sure the product is fresh. Old oils turn rancid which changes the make up of the oils and your horse doesn't gain all the benefits and it smells terrible.

Essential Fatty Acids are your horse's building blocks for proper growth, health and living. These fats are critical for production of hormones, cell membranes and for the absorption of fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K. Your horse's energy sources are derived from these fats for instant energy or stored for later use.

Feeding of fats can help your horse in many ways. The obvious benefit is the healthy, shiny hair coat; however, more importantly is the dense source of calories which provides the energy. All feeds have calories; there some that are higher density as the calories from fats which are 2.5 times great than the calories from proteins or carbohydrates. Having a good breakfast provides energy that lasts throughout the day with the EFA's providing the needed energy.

Is your horse considered a "hard keeper"? Most horses will benefit from the addition of fats to the diet as it slows the digestive process and helps to stabilize the blood sugar and provides a calming energy source. You will notice a gradual weight gain and even a better temperament due to the lack of sugar related mood swings (yes, they do occur in horses just like humans).

Fats provide an anti-inflammatory effect in the horse's body to fight off infections and build the immune system. Also, the fats make the feeds more palatable for your horse. These unprocessed and unrefined oils provide a pleasant aroma and taste to your horse whereby you can reduce the amount of molasses fed (reducing diabetic tendencies) and reducing the dust factor of the feed. .

What type of Essential Fatty Acids should you be feeding your horse to gain all these benefits? One of the more important factors is to make sure the fat is unrefined and unprocessed.. A pure and highly digestible oil is a soybean and coconut oil blend called Cocosoya Oil. Tocopherols(vitamin E) and sterols are naturally high in cocosoya oils which are unrefined and have no chemical solvents added. The natural phospholipids and tocopherols of the soybean are retained in the oil which is the highly nutritious solid portion of the oil. Cocosoya oil is highly digestible, much more so than corn and other vegetable oils and even costs less.

Proper body metabolism and growth are derived from good nutritional supplements to give your horse that show quality hair coat year round.