BioStar US Blog | Whole Food SUpplements for Horses & Dogs

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!

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From the Inside Out: Health Begins With Food (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this two-part series, I focused on pets’ health and wellness from the outside in, emphasizing just how important an ecologically vibrant environment is for horses and dogs. For
Kemosabe Does Wellington

BioStar at Wellington: A Dog’s-Eye View (Part 1)

Aussie shepherd Kemosabe and his human, Tigger, have been visiting many horses and barns in Wellington for the past month ...
Sustainalbe palm oil is the only palm oil we need.

Palm Oil: Big Demand at a Bigger Cost

Palm oil has become a popular raw material as an inexpensive vegetable oil, a source of Vitamin E, and as ...

Reformulating BioStar’s True Balance EQ

Five years ago I formulated a product called True Balance. It was formulated based on Ayurvedic medicine principles of food support ...
Whole food treats for horses

Synchronicity, California Dreaming and New BITES

Once upon a time, I used to feed sugar cubes to my dressage horses. I liked giving them something sweet ...
THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MICROBES AND MOOD

The Connection Between Microbes and Mood

The idea of taking probiotics for anxiety is a fairly new one, but the scientific support is there. In 2011, ...

Are We Over-Supplementing Our Horses?

In a recent article, "Inside Elite Nutrition at the Olympics", author Nathan Gray interviewed Jeni Pearce, head of performance nutrition ...
Beer for horses: the hops make a difference

Beer for Horses: Four Healthy Reasons

Guinness stout beer is often recommended as an aid to help horses with anhidrosis, but beer for horses goes beyond ...
Lameness in horses: more treatable than you might think

Overcoming Equine Lameness With Therapeutic Whole Foods

BioStar blog contributor Lizzie Meyer relates her experiences with lameness in horses, and choosing the right whole food supplements to ...
Genetically Engineered Lysine

Lysine & Genetically Engineered Amino Acids

As most horse owners know, lysine is an essential amino acid for horses; common food sources for horses are legume ...
Feeding Horses in Autumn

The Right Foods for Autumn

In both Chinese and Ayurvedic Medicine, a variety of foods and herbs are used throughout the year to balance the ...

Dioxin and Roundup: A Tale of Two Chemicals

Two infamous chemicals made the news recently: Dioxin and Roundup. Dioxin is the name given to a class of chemicals ...
Increase circulation in horses with nitric oxide.

Increasing Circulation: A Look At Nitric Oxide

Nitric Oxide is the master signaling molecule of the body. It regulates the muscle tone of blood vessels allowing them ...