3 Active Ingredients To Look For In a High Quality Feed Balancer

In today's article I would like to talk with you about equine feed balancers. Nowadays, as a horse owner, you can literally choose from hundreds if not thousands of products. For example, I just did a simple search for "horse supplements" on Amazon and I now have an opportunity to choose from 2,114 product listings. 

There are hundreds of equine calmers, joint, hoof and coatshine supplements and out of all of these different types of equine supplements, only feed balancers are proven and tested by time.

Feed balancers have been around for decades and they are used by millions of horse owners worldwide. The fact is that quite a lot of horses do not get as many different vitamins, nutrients and minerals from their diet and as a result of this their condition suffers and at the end of the day they do not feel and look as good as they possibly could. This is where feed balancers come into play. They are loaded with active ingredients and they are specifically formulated to help your horse look and feel great.

Now, it is important to point out that there are dozens of different types of feed balancer formulations. For example there are feed balancers specifically formulated for veteran horses, there are feed balancers for horses that are involved in competitive horse riding disciplines, there are balancers for laminitic and overweight horses and there are balancers for everyday use. Each formulation uses different set of activities ingredients, but there are also some common, foundational active ingredients that all feed balancer formulations use and as a horse owner you should look for products that contain these active ingredients.

Digestive aids - You should look for equine feed balancers that contain digestive enzymes. Now, at the first glance this might sound counter intuitive, but quite a lot of horses have very sensitive digestive systems and as a horse owner you want to do whatever you possibly can to improve your horse's digestive system. This is where digestive enzymes come into play. They will help you to improve the efficiency of your horse's digestive system by increasing forage digestibility, which in effect will increase nutrient uptake.

Oils - If you want your horse to look great then you should look for products that contain oils such as soya and linseed oil. It has been proven that such oils, in combination with zinc, promote the development of a healthy skin and glossy coat.

Minerals - If you are involved in competitive horse riding disciplines or if your horse's workload is relatively high, you should look for products that contain increased levels of iron and copper. Both iron and copper are known as blood building minerals. They increase the number of red blood cells within the blood which in effect increase oxygen transportation. This means that more oxygen is being transported into the working muscles which in effect allows the horse to work harder for longer.