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Arginine
Arginine is considered a conditionally essential amino acid, but it works with essential amino acids (EAA) to support cardiovascular, respiratory, reproductive, gastrointestinal and neurological health.
Arginine supplementation benefits faster cell regeneration/recovery, strengthens immunity, fights infection, and has helped with insulin sensitivity or equine metabolic syndrome (EMS).
Branched Chain Amino Acids
BCAA's are three of the 13 essential amino acids which, horses cannot produce on their own, and therefore must be supplemented through their diet. BCAA's consist of Isoleucine, Leucine, Valine and supplemented together show optimal results. BCAA's are necessary for whole body functions like glucose transportation, metabolism, immunity and growth.
Glutamine
Glutamine is another conditionally essential amino acid, depleted through exercise or via sweat secretions. Glutamine promotes healthy gut function, faster recovery, and a strong immune system.
When a horse needs more glutamine, you may notice gut issues, signs of ulcers or that they don't seem to absorb nutrients as well as they should. Since absorbing dietary nutrients is dependent on a healthy functioning gut, you can see how glutamine supplementation can benefit our horses.
Glycine
Required to make creatine in muscle synthesis, also necessary during periods of growth. When you feed glycine, you are feeding the muscles in your horse. Since horse's bodies are made up of about 40-50% muscle, its important to feed them accordingly.
Lysine
If you're here, researching supplements, then you have heard about Lysine. So I don't need to tell you that lysine is one of the most commonly deficient amino acids in the horse's diet. Lysine is an essential amino acid (EAA) with the important task of maintaining healthy skin, and joints; it feeds collagen bonds in the body. There are many articles on Lysine, but being that it's classified as an EAA, it needs other amino acids to help the equine body reap it's benefits.
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Ornithine
Ornithine is an underrated conditionally essential amino acid. Ornithine supports anabolic hormone production, which supplies growth to muscles. Horses under work, or during times of stress, lose Ornithine through sweat secretions.
Spirulina
Spirulina is an amazing "super food" It's taking the market by storm, and for good reason. Did you know that Spirulina contains ALL of these amazing nutrients?
Leucine - Tryptophan - Methionine - Phenylalanine - Lysine - Thionine - Isoleucine - Valine - Cysteine - Histidine - Proline - Tyrosine - Glycine - Serine - Arginine - Alanine - Aspartic - Glutamic Acid - Iron
It's no wonder you're seeing Spirulina all over the market. It's also highly palatable and horses seem to really enjoy it.
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Joint
Bamboo Extract
Bamboo Extract provides a high concentration of bioavailable silica, or silicon, to the horse's diet. Supplementation has shown to be effective in the prevention of injury. Bone development and regeneration is also an added benefit of silicon supplementation. It has been reported that silicon plays an important role in increasing bone building activity, and decreasing bone demineralization.
Boswellia Serrata
Boswellia Serrata, or you may have heard it called Frankincense, is growing in popularity in joint formulas. For good reason! Boswellia Serrata is safe, drug free (FEI/show compliant) and in most cases, results are seen in as little as 4 weeks!
Hyaluronic Acid
Hyaluronic Acid lubricates joint surfaces, but also has an added benefit in gut health. There is so much to be said about HA
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Proline, classified widely as an amino acid, is actually an imino acid. Proline promotes the production of collagen.
Rosehip
Rosehip is packed with Vitamin C, and has shown remarkable results in arthritic, stiff horses
Vitamin D3
Vitamin D3
Vitamin K2
Vitamin K2