Formulator’s Corner

Chester in the BioStar Lab with Tigger

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.

The wonders of healthy soil...

Down and Dirty: Healthy Soil for Healthy Us

Dirt. Horses and dogs love to roll in it, plants need to grow in it, and children like to make ...
BioStar's new line of unique horse poultice products

What Makes a Horse Poultice Unique?

There are lots of choices in regards to horse poultice products, but neither the equine nor canine industries have seen ...
Nutritional Support for Lyme Disease | BioStar US

Nutritional Support for Lyme Disease

Most of what we hear about Lyme disease focuses on the danger to humans, but it's our canine and equine ...
Turmeric: one half of the Turmeric and Boswellia Dynamic Duo

Turmeric and Boswellia: The Dynamic Duo

When we think of dynamic duos, we may think of Batman and Robin, Thelma and Louise, or Butch Cassidy and ...
Without optimum joint health, this isn't possible.

Feeding for Joint Health

Several years ago, a friend of mine had a total knee replacement.  He had osteoarthritis from the bangs and blows ...
Healthy hooves

Feeding for Healthy Hooves

Before Tigger first formulated BioStar's Ultra Hoof EQ, she had already spent quite a painstaking period researching everything a supplement ...
Feeding the Hindgut Ulcer Horse

Feeding the Hindgut Ulcer Horse

Hindgut ulcer development and hindgut acidosis have become almost as prevalent as gastric ulcers in horses.Causes behind colonic ulcers include ...
Water: the vehicle of hydrosols

Hydrosols: One Summer’s Obsession

Hydrosols are distillates from the ancient process of steam distillation. When we think of distillation, of course we think of ...
Probiotics for dogs, probiotics for horses

Probiotics for Dogs and Horses: Live Performers for GI Health

Before jumping into the well-established benefits of probiotics for dogs and probiotics for horses, we need a little backstory. Let's ...
Locomotion EQ for equine muscle support

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 ...
It's your world, change it

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 ...
Heavy metal and arsenic levels in our food and water are on the rise.

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 ...