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Post by antares on Jan 31, 2015 23:14:48 GMT 1
I've just had Antares' hair tested for suitability of various feeds and supplements - got some quite interesting results. They check for intolerances and against off the shelf feeds and supplements. The report is 20 something pages long and they highlighted a total of 13 feeds that were suitable. So the results are a not suitable or suitable, if they are suitable they give a score out of 10 of how suitable, at least I don't have many to choose from!! There were only 4 feeds that were above 8/10, one of them is rolled oats, the others are nuts or balancers. Supplements wise they provide a list of what is missing or what the horse requires. He doesn't require any additional vits or mins which is good but they have suggested a sweet itch supplement and a gastro supplement. I thought peeps might like to know about this relatively low cost analysis  |
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Post by mollichop on Feb 1, 2015 9:04:16 GMT 1
Wow!! That's sounds amazing who does that? I'd love to get mine done (horses hair that is not 'My' mine  ) |
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Post by janwilky on Feb 1, 2015 9:27:24 GMT 1
That's interesting Antares, thanks for telling us about it. Would you mind saying where you go it done and what type of testing it was?
A friend of mine has had extremely useful results from having her own hair tested, but she used two different organisations/methods. I'll have to ask her what they were again, but the second one was Worcester University who do it at very low cost as part of a training course they run. The results were different from the first one, both were useful but it was the Worcester one that told her what she really needed to know - i.e. what was making her ill. It turned out she was very deficient in something she eats plenty of, so it's an assimilation problem not a dietary one. She went onto a very high dose supplement and began to feel a lot better.
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Post by antares on Feb 1, 2015 10:34:50 GMT 1
In all honesty I don't know the science behind it, Antares massage therapist told me about it - she is a human nutritionist so has a better understanding of these things than I do. She had used the testing on her own horses with good results. I intend to follow the advice for two months and monitor any changes and then either get another test For info I didn't get the test done because of illness, more for intrigue and to see if I could make improvements in his management |
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Post by janwilky on Feb 1, 2015 12:07:25 GMT 1
It'll be very interesting to hear how you get on and if you notice any changes. Was it a specialist equine/animal company that did the testing?
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Post by antares on Feb 1, 2015 13:40:29 GMT 1
Yes, specific test for horses against branded feeds / ingredients right through from chaff, all the mixes and nuts to individual minerals
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Post by wills on Feb 1, 2015 15:22:23 GMT 1
Could you pm/post details of where you got this done please? I am 99% sure the issues I have with Ori are dietry and would be interested to look into this. Looking forqard to hearing how you get on |
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Post by antares on Feb 1, 2015 19:48:24 GMT 1
The massage therapist organised it all for me, she took a little hair from his mane when she was here a couple of weeks ago so I'll have to ask her for you |
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Post by lucia on Feb 4, 2015 17:28:15 GMT 1
That's interesting Antares, thanks for telling us about it. Would you mind saying where you go it done and what type of testing it was? A friend of mine has had extremely useful results from having her own hair tested, but she used two different organisations/methods. I'll have to ask her what they were again, but the second one was Worcester University who do it at very low cost as part of a training course they run. The results were different from the first one, both were useful but it was the Worcester one that told her what she really needed to know - i.e. what was making her ill. It turned out she was very deficient in something she eats plenty of, so it's an assimilation problem not a dietary one. She went onto a very high dose supplement and began to feel a lot better. janwilky - would you mind awfully asking your friend for details of the Worcester University testing - my sister is very poorly and noone seems to pin point why, something like this (especially if its relatively low cost as she is now unable to work) would be extremely useful. Sorry to hijack the thread! Thanks |
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Post by penny70 on Feb 4, 2015 19:34:46 GMT 1
I too would be very interested in having the details of the Worcester Uni human testing please.
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Post by portiabuzz on Feb 5, 2015 0:28:11 GMT 1
Wow never heard of this !
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Post by janwilky on Feb 6, 2015 9:53:37 GMT 1
OK no problem, I'll ask her. She said they were really helpful, they didn't just test the hair they went through her diet and nutritional intake in great detail. It was a nutrition student who did it with her but she was very good and it was all supervised. She reckoned they assigned her the best student because her case was a bit complicated - someone who eats an exceptionally healthy diet but is showing clear signs of deficiencies is a bit unusual, and she'd already been to her GP about it.
I'll ask her if I can post the details.
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Post by rowanrachel on Mar 6, 2015 23:26:03 GMT 1
Another one here inyerested in both the human and and equine tests! Interesting stuff!
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