FORMULATOR’S CORNER
This is where we go down the rabbit hole and talk about research and experiments with food, plants, and ingredients. The place where new ideas are sprouted, and new formulas and products are created. Tigger Montague, our founder and formulator, shares her insights and scientific research on health, nutrition, ingredients, and formulas. These articles are the basis of our products and our philosophies.
Do the Locomotion With Me
BioStar’s new Locomotion is the first horse supplement to provide equine muscle support by addressing the dual biological challenges of muscle ...
For Best Results, Take Action
For several years, BioStar has focused on getting information out about GMOs, the herbicide glyphosate (Roundup), the plight of the ...
Arsenic and Heavy Metals: Risky Business for Horses, Dogs, Humans…
A rare type of kidney disease (CKD) in humans has killed thousands of agricultural workers along Central America’s Pacific Coast, in ...
Chow Time: A Personal Feeding Journey with My Dogs
Dogs have been a part of my life since I was an infant. Over the course of my life, I ...
New Studies on the Microbiota
Two new studies published in Nature (August 29, 2013) highlight the role of the microbiota in metabolic disease, inflammation markers, ...
GMOs and Beet Pulp for Horses
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are so deeply imbedded these days in our food system, that finding GMO-free ingredients becomes a ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
