About this episode
Entropy describes the Second Law of Thermodynamics (one of the only three laws that forces everything on Earth to respond the way things do). Entropy means the natural and required decrease in energy, moving organized things into disorganized ones, eventually ending in complete uniform chaos with all things becoming the same. Here are the Merriam-Webster definitions: : a measure of the unavailable energy in a closed thermodynamic system that is also usually considered to be a measure of the system's disorder, that is a property of the system's state, and that varies directly with any reversible change in heat in the system and inversely with the temperature of the system; : the degree of disorder or uncertainty in a system; : the degradation of the matter and energy in the universe to an ultimate state of inert uniformity; : a process of degradation or running down or a trend to disorder." An example of entropy in our world of horses is when your farrier heats a horseshoe to red hot and leaves this hot shoe on the anvil. Eventually, the shoe will have the exact temperature of the surrounding air. But how does entropy affect our horses? To live and maintain the organized form we see as the world around us requires energy. Food moves through thousands of chemical reactions, becoming fuel and finally becoming stored energy in our "batteries." This stored energy then makes something happen within each of our cells. The result is the energy transformation into heat plus the action that uses the energy (ex, moving, breathing, heart beating, thinking, etc.). When this process stops, death occurs. There is a middle point where there is still enough energy produced to live but not enough energy produced and stored to remain healthy. All diseases (ex, equine metabolic syndrome, Cushing's disease, etc.) and breakdowns of connective tissue (ex, suspensory ligaments) come from a lack of abundant energy within the cells and the lack of materials to build tissue. I will show you how and why in this episode. ********** TheHorsesAdvocate.com is a website to learn about horses, horse barns and farms. There is a membership side of the website where horse owners can attend live meetings to ask questions and get a deeper understanding of things they have learned on the site. Membership helps support this message, helping to spread it to everyone worldwide working with horses. HorsemanshipDentistry.com is a website that discusses how and why I perform equine dentistry without immobilization or the automatic use of drugs. I only accept new clients in Florida. Make an appointment in FL . HorsemanshipDentistrySchool.com is a website for those interested in learning how to perform equine dentistry without drugs on 97% of horses. There are eight spots a year for interested students PLUS, there is a separate online course for those wanting to learn how to do this but can never get to South Florida for hands-on training. Show support for The Horse's Advocate by wearing a hat or shirt or drinking from a cup, all with the official logo. Go to this link for our swag ( https://the-horses-advocate.creator-spring.com/ ). Please give a thumbs up or 5-star review and share these everywhere. I know horse owners worldwide listen, and the horses need every one of you in "Helping Horses Thrive In A Human World."