Welcome to the BioStar Blog!
Our mission is to share information, help empower dog and horse owners with knowledge about nutrition and health of their animals, and bring them the best whole food supplements.
Here you’ll find many of our own personal experiences and opinions, and we’ve taken care to ensure that the more technical information we present is backed by published nutritional studies and scientific research. Please remember, though, that the blog articles themselves are not intended to cure, diagnose, or treat any disease.
Questions about our equine and canine whole food supplements? Contact us and we’ll be glad to assist.
Enjoy!
Why Soil-Based Organisms (Bacillus Bacteria) Are Important for GI Tract Health
Soil-based organisms (SBOs) are probiotic bacteria found in healthy soils that are classified as Bacillus strains. They have the unique ability to survive harsh environments – like the journey through the stomachs
Food According to Crockett
[Welcome, Crockett, to the world of BioStar's Dog Blogs! Crockett is a ten-month-old Australian Shepherd, and the newest member of ...
The Dog Days of Summer
Need some ideas for what to do during the Dog Days of Summer? Grace has a week's worth of ...
Preservatives in Feed and Supplements
I have been asked many times about preservatives in horse feed and supplements. Frankly, I didn’t know very much about ...
Natural and Artificial Flavorings in Feed
It’s difficult to find a bag of feed or even a supplement that doesn’t have natural or artificial flavorings as ...
Equine Superfood: Spirulina for Horses
Before we get into the health benefits of spirulina for horses, let's brush up on what we've already learned about ...
How to Be Cool and Stay Cool
Kemosabe shares a few secrets on keeping dogs cool... Summer has come quickly to Virginia with temperatures in the high ...
Seeking Diversity: The Microbiome
Ten years ago, a friend sent me a packet of wildflower seeds, which I indiscriminately sprinkled along the outside of ...
The Listening Ears
I am Thunderbear, and I don’t speak often. I am the quiet dog, the one-who-observes, the one my human calls ...
Keeping Score: The Non-GMO “Nice” List
Santa has a 'naughty' and 'nice' list, and BioStar does too. Not only do we use organic and non-GMO certified ...
Microbiota in the GI Tract Can Control Weight and Normalize Glucose
Studies over the past several years on mice and humans demonstrate that a particular phylum of microbiota, Bacteroidetes, play an ...
