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!
CoQ10 Can Benefit Horses with EPM and Lyme Disease
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is a fat-soluble antioxidant the body produces within the cellular mitochondria, and it can offer significant support for horses with EPM and Lyme disease. It is essential for producing
Processed Foods: Gun-Puffed, Extruded, Pelletized…
I have often wondered how the whole processed food revolution started. So I headed down the rabbit hole to learn ...
BioStar at Wellington: A Dog’s-Eye View (Part 2)
Aussie shepherd Kemosabe and his human, Tigger, have been visiting many horses and barns in Wellington for the past month ...
Glyphosate & Superweeds: Toxic to Cells and More
Spring is almost here, and soon begins the preparation of the ground for planting. Sadly, for farmers growing Monsanto seeds, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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: Four Healthy Reasons
Guinness stout beer is often recommended as an aid to help horses with anhidrosis, but beer for horses goes beyond ...
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 ...
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 ...
