Making Sense of Stress: The Gut-Brain Connection
The more we learn about the gut-brain connection, the better we can get at addressing equine health issues. One of the most common issues in horses of all ages and lifestyles is stomach ulcers,...
Author: Tigger Montague
Side Effects: Medications and the Nutrients they Deplete
We know that the health of the GI tract is fundamental to equine, canine and human health. It is the seat of the immune system, it is the seat of nutrient absorption. What happens...
Anti-Inflammatory Foods: Feeding for the Comfort Zone
Whether your horse is a high-performance athlete, a younger horse in training, or an older horse that is getting a little creaky, there are times when muscle strain and inflammation flare up and we reach for...
Ingredients: Investigating the What, Where, and How
Seeking out and learning about novel foods and ingredients is one of the fun and interesting aspects of being a formulator. The supplement industry is bursting with new extracts, unique foods and nutraceuticals, and the global...
Oxidative Stress Reduction for Longer, Healthier Living
Oxidative stress has been recognized as a contributing factor in fatigue, memory loss, muscle or joint pain, susceptibility to infections, and aging. Oxidative stress is caused by the reactive oxygen species (ROS), otherwise known...
A Rash of Roundup: Glyphosate Sensitivity in Horses
Last September, a vet-tech friend of mine in Texas, Lizzy Meyer, alerted me to the fact that her horse, Elto, had developed what she suspected was a glyphosate sensitivity. Glyphosate is Monsanto’s herbicide with the...
Shampoos: A Chemical Soup
Equine and dog shampoos are as much a staple in barns and homes as food and grooming tools. The question that keeps coming up for me is, what’s really in these shampoos? So I...
Is Wheat for Horses Really a Good Idea?
In 2012, a group of Dutch researchers from Utrecht University identified gluten-sensitivity as a potential cause of equine inflammatory small bowel disease (ISBD). Since that study was published, I have looked deeper and deeper...
What is “Natural”?
With our aversion to artificial ingredients, the term “natural” has long been a popular marketing term widely used in human food products and supplementation. Now it’s being used more and more for equine and...
Cooling and Warming Probiotics for Horses
Recently I have received a lot of emails asking about what probiotics to use for horses with diarrhea, or for overall GI tract support. Unfortunately, the answer is not simple, because the microbiome of...
