Body Builder

[karenkarenn]

Hello out there.
I am thinking about using BODY BUILDER for my yearling.
It supposed to have rice bran oil- has anyone used this product before?
Its supposed to be a natural alternative to seroids.
Karen

[Crystal]

love it. we put weanies on it. even used it with a hard keeper. well worth the money. Dovery sadlery has it for 69.99 a bottle.

[griff]

Google Equine Flaxseed and read the chart about using ground Flaxseed to help balance too much omerga 6 with more omega 3.

Rice bran, I believe was said to do the opposite as it adds much more omega 6 than omega 3..

Fish oil was best, flaxseed was second and I belive Canola oil was the third that was recommended, It's been a while but I believe the articel specifically recommended no soybean meal and no rice bran or maybe it was no rice bran oil

interesting read

griff

[karenkarenn]

Thanks Griff. Do you recommend balancing the Omegas?
Karen

[tbrace]

Great product. Too expensive. Look for bargains on it.

[griff]

I'm far from an expert but when I read the article administering a daily does of ground flax seed seemed to be the best way to add more omega 3 that omega 6..

One article or sales site did say freshness was important and recommended setting up monthly order for only what I need in a month, which I did..

I forgot the cost but I remember thinking it was reasonable..

All that reading convenced me to put myself on flaxseed which I buy from Trader Joes and Aloe Vera [human grade] which I buy from Wall-Mart.

I'll let you know when I do can half a mile in 48 and start to dapple.

griff

[madelyn]

americanlivestock.com has a 22 lb tub of Body Builder 4000 by Pennwoods on sale for $36.95. They offer free shipping if you order over $75, and have a NO FOB CHARGE coupon available through Memorial Day (enter FOB52009 in the coupon field). I just ordered the BB for my yearlings and three older mares that are hard keepers to try it out.

I have used Pennwoods Equine Supreme in the past and it is also a great product.

[karenkarenn]

Why thanks Madelyn. I appreciate that.
Karen

[jennywho]

I LOVE body builder. I switched to MASS last year, but didn't like it nearly as well and have gone back to body builder. I feed what is called flax oil, but is really flax suspended in soybean oil to help balance the omegas. The body builder really give you that finished edge.

[griff]

soybean oil does not help balance the omegas

griff

[toadie]

I fed Body Builder to my mare that had retained the placenta with her 1st 2 pregnancies. The last 3 (feeding Body Builder starting 2-3 months pregnant) she had no problems!

[karenkarenn]

thank you toadie!

[Crystal]

equiaide will normally cut you a deal if you buy 3 or more bottles. It's not super savings, but it helps.

[photofinish]

I have had mixed results with Body Builder. I believe, like many supplemental products, it works with some metabolisms, not so much with others. The one thing I hadmore consistent luck with was creatine. I cannot remember the name of the stuff we used, but it was the first creatine supplement out there,even before they got FDA approval for human usage. You gave a scoop a.m., a scoop 30 minutes prior to work, a scoop 30 minutes post work, and a scoop p.m. for a week, then a scoop am and pm for 3 weeks, then repeated the cycle. It was a major pain in the butt, BUT I put 75# on one yearling and 90# on another the summer I tried it. Made me a believer. But, like the Body Builder,I had more mixed results with the older racehorses needing some weight help!

My kingdom for the "simple fix", lol!

[griff]

What's in Body Builder?/

griff