LittleWelshPony
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Has anyone fed MuscleUp to their ponies before? Did it work and how long did it take to notice change in their appearance? Any pictures of before and after?
Tia
Tia
Muscle Up * Global Herbs
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Shay
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I'd not heard of this before - but really? This is fenugrek and a few other bits and pieces at sub clinical levels. Basically just a digestive aid. What builds muscle is work - not feed. It is true that if you are significantly over feeding meaning that the bulk of the feed passes through undigested - or if the horse has a digestive issue which prevents complete digestion - then supplements can help. But even making more of the nutrients available to the horse only creates a fat horse unless the work is there.
I had thought global herbs to be more or less reputable - this is, I'm afraid, nothing more than a means to separate the gullible from their money. What you feed is important. But no supplement on its own is going to create muscle. Supplements can help with known issues - and I feed a fair few myself. But what builds muscle is correct work.
I had thought global herbs to be more or less reputable - this is, I'm afraid, nothing more than a means to separate the gullible from their money. What you feed is important. But no supplement on its own is going to create muscle. Supplements can help with known issues - and I feed a fair few myself. But what builds muscle is correct work.
mynutmeg
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the big thing that puts me off global herbs is they don't have any information on whats in the product on it - I actually like to know what I'm feeding and would expect an ingrediants list
Shay
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If you click the tab marked "Ingredients" it comes up. But I grant you it isn't terribly informative. Apparently it contains: "Fenugreek, Creat, Trailing Eclipta, Hurricane Weed, Pig Weed, Chebulic Myrobalan"
If you actually google that you end up with....
Fenugreek - thats a digestive aid.
Creat - that is actually Andrographis Paniculata which is an ayuverdic herb used to treat the common cold. (Heaven knows what it does for horses!)
Trailing Eclipta - another Ayuverdic herb which supports hair growth...
Hurricane weed.... the only reference I can find to this one is a strain of cannabis. But it seems to appear in a lot of global herbs products. Cannabis is reported to ease pain in some chronic n conditions.
Pig weed is a generic term for Amarinthus Species of which there are many. Its a highly digestible food source but has no medicinal benefits. Several species are toxic to livestock - but I presume they don't use those!
Chebulic Myrobalan is the "universal Panacea" of ayuverdic medicine - but has no specific health benefits listed.
How any of that helps a horse build muscle I have no idea. But it does got to show
A) I am clearly bored and should be working.
B) it really pays to google the ingredients of your supplements before wasting money on it!
If you actually google that you end up with....
Fenugreek - thats a digestive aid.
Creat - that is actually Andrographis Paniculata which is an ayuverdic herb used to treat the common cold. (Heaven knows what it does for horses!)
Trailing Eclipta - another Ayuverdic herb which supports hair growth...
Hurricane weed.... the only reference I can find to this one is a strain of cannabis. But it seems to appear in a lot of global herbs products. Cannabis is reported to ease pain in some chronic n conditions.
Pig weed is a generic term for Amarinthus Species of which there are many. Its a highly digestible food source but has no medicinal benefits. Several species are toxic to livestock - but I presume they don't use those!
Chebulic Myrobalan is the "universal Panacea" of ayuverdic medicine - but has no specific health benefits listed.
How any of that helps a horse build muscle I have no idea. But it does got to show
A) I am clearly bored and should be working.
B) it really pays to google the ingredients of your supplements before wasting money on it!
mynutmeg
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Lols - absolutly none of this is on the tub tho and if I'm at a feed store looking at options something that has no ingrediants listed won't get bought.
Completely agree with above tho - surely building muscle requires quality protein and correct work