Nutrition and Feeding

Nutrition and Feeding

NUTRITION AND FEEDING

Diet and nutrition protocols, important information, instructions, and advice for horses and dogs.

Beer for horses: the hops make a difference

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 ...
Lameness in horses: more treatable than you might think

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 ...
Feeding Horses in Autumn

The Right Foods for Autumn

In both Chinese and Ayurvedic Medicine, a variety of foods and herbs are used throughout the year to balance the ...
Processed feed

Distillers Grains: The Antibiotic Connection

Distillers grains, also known as "distillers dried grains with solubles" is a common ingredient in processed feeds. As the name ...
Flex Well EQ Joint Supplement

Equine Joint Supplements: Food for Better Connections

There are so many equine joint supplements available, that it's hard to figure out which one to choose. But if ...
Organic vs. Natural, what are the food labels really telling you?

Coming to Terms: What Food Labels Really Mean

There are so many marketing geniuses, hype specialists, and spin doctors in the food industry these days it’s hard to ...
Horse Feed Preservatives: Better Living Through Chemistry

Horse Feed Preservatives: Better Living Through Chemistry

At a recent seminar I gave in Wellington, Florida, several questions were raised in the audience about certain preservatives in ...
Red Clay Electrolytes

The Wonders of HSCAS: Healing Clay for Horses

On my frequent journeys down the rabbit hole of research, I stumbled upon a silicate clay designated in scientific terms ...
Whole food nutrients: the body's preferred delivery method

Whole Food Nutrients: The Body’s Top Choice

Before there was much specific talk of whole food nutrients, there was a simpler question: HOW ARE NUTRIENTS DELIVERED TO ...
Nutritionism: Understanding Ingredients, Understanding Food

Nutritionism: Understanding Ingredients, Understanding Food

Before jumping into nutritionism, let's think about ingredients for a moment. When we read the labeled contents of most commercial ...
Commercially processed horse feed

Processed Horse Feed: The Great Compromise

The advantages of commercially processed horse feed: There is no question that commercially processed horse feed has provided convenience to ...
Healing Power of Smectite Clay | BioStar US

The Amazing Healing Power of Smectite Clay

I want to go into some detail on the benefits of smectite clay for horses, but first, I confess: In ...