36 articles
Sweet itch has no drug cure, but natural mast cell support might be the answer Because sweet itch is an allergic reaction driven by the body’s own immune…
Vitamin A RDAs for horses are probably too low The science suggests horses off fresh pasture need more vitamin A than the official guidelines say, but push it…
Does tryptophan calm horses or not? The story is complicated Some papers say it doesn’t work, but the biochemistry tells you exactly why those trials were always going…
By Beryl Shuttleworth, BSc Hons Biochem Last reviewed: 2026-06-12 Despite the fact that I have a Degree in Biochemistry and a Diploma in Complementary Healthcare, every now and…
Your horse’s allergy meds are suppressing the wrong thing Corticosteroids turn down the alarm without fixing what triggered it. Antihistamines don’t even get properly absorbed. Natural mast cell…
Gotu kola boosts brain GABA, and it actually gets in there to do it Gotu Kola (Centella asiatica) nudges your brain to make more of its own GABA,…
Comfrey contains real liver toxins, that’s not industry scaremongering Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) holds compounds that can harm the liver with repeated exposure, and the evidence for that is…
Lysine matters most, but your horse’s muscles need the whole picture Lysine is the first limiting amino acid in most equine diets, but protein synthesis quietly stalls the…
Most performance horses are fed in a way that undermines them Grain-heavy buckets and long gaps between forage are standard in competitive yards, and the research is pretty…
Biotin alone won’t fix your horse’s hooves, here’s why Strong hoof horn needs the right amino acids, minerals, and vitamins working together, get any one of them wrong…