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.
Hedgerow Paste: Fast, Convenient Gut-Support for Horses
The success of BioStar’s Hedgerow GI powder supplement has led to the creation of a fast-acting paste with the added ...
Charcoal: Beyond Barbecue
As it turns out, the toxin-absorbing action of activated charcoal isn't just beneficial to humans. Read on, as Tigger discovers ...
A Few of My Favorite Things (2022)
I spend an inordinate amount of time researching raw materials, and I often come across new supplements, formulations, and products ...
Formulation: Behind the Scenes at BioStar
From BioStar’s humble beginnings to the present, we have always done our own formulation research and made our own products ...
Star-Lixir EQ: Equine Cooling and Recovery supplement
BioStar’s Alixir EQ recovery supplement paste is one of our most popular paste formulas. It helps horses recover from physical ...
What You Need to Know About Your Horse’s Gut-Brain Connection
The gut-brain axis is complex, and there is so much we don’t yet know about the intricate world of the ...
Protecting the Equine Gut from Herbicide and Pesticide Exposure
Recently a customer notified me that she had her feed tested for glyphosate (Roundup) residue. She had been happy with ...
Hedgerow GI: The Next Generation in Gut Support
Hedgerow GI: A new formula with ancient roots Several years ago, I became interested in traditional English hedgerows and how ...
Fermented Turmeric for Horses
Gut health is essential for overall health, and turmeric offers support for a healthy GI tract for horses and dogs ...
A Horse is a GI Tract on Four Legs
Recently I read an article on a presentation about gastric ulcers in horses given at the Association of Equine Practitioners ...
Bacillus subtilis: The Spore-based Probiotic You’ve Never Heard Of
This summer, I was introduced to a new probiotic strain by a colleague who is a human supplement formulator. He ...
Tulsi, “The Incomparable One”
In Western herbology, Tulsi, also known as Holy Basil (Ocimum sanctum), is categorized as an adaptogen: a plant capable of ...