Gut and gastrointestinal health and digestion.
Hindgut acidosis/dysbiosis/leaky gut/faecal water syndrome.
Pathogen gut microbe inhibition.
Gas/bloat reduction.
Acidity/pH levels and adrenal function.
Immune function and metabolism.
*Please note this is a nutritional, functional food supplement and not veterinary medicine. See Dr Kellon's Horse Sense - 'Nutrition is not 'Alternative' Therapy.
When the gut microbiome integrity is disrupted, this renders the immune response dysfunctional, so it's imperative to regenerate the friendly gut biome colonies and clear out the bad bacteria, in order to rebalance the gut microbiome and the immune system.
Vets are commonly prescribing antibiotics for leaky gut syndrome, referring to it as a 'stomach infection'. Yet as we know, antibiotics not only have a mere 5% chance of working, they also annihilate the microbiome's beneficial biota in the intestines; it's these beneficial microbes which create the immune cells.
Leaky Gut is caused by dysbiosis in the microbiome - SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overload). This means the pro-inflammatory, unfriendly gut bacteria have taken hold, including the now recognised Archaea strand, which are also now showing resistance to the majority of antibiotics that are commonly used against bacteria.
Hence. the antibiotics that many practitioners typically prescribe for gut bacterial infections are not only ineffective, but risk causing further long-term health damage. Human health studies now show the microbiome as a whole rarely recovers from an 'antibiotic' assault.
A botanical approach is less aggressive and has also been shown to be at least as effective as pharmaceutical antibiotics in clinical trials for SIBO treatment.
Furthermore, this could also have a profound knock-on effect on liver/kidney function, specifically a dysfunction in the detoxification process because when there’s leaky gut, there’s an overload of toxins for the liver to metabolise (correct name biotransform ).
Thing is, the kidneys are very much involved as well because the liver shunts all the transformed toxins to the kidneys for excretion, but if there’s a toxicity overload the kidneys become overwhelmed as well, so can’t shift all the toxins quickly enough out through the urine. Which means the toxins get flushed back round the body.
At the very root of the problem lies a tiny, yet critical, micronutrient - vitamin B6. Normally, the equine hindgut produces B6 in its activated form – scientific name Pyridoxal-5-Phosphate, aka P5P. However, when the hindgut microbiome is disrupted, the activated P5P production becomes deficient, and here’s where it all goes badly wrong because … the liver needs this activated form of B6 - P5P – to break down – metabolise – those toxins. So if the liver and kidneys can’t do their job, the whole natural detoxification process gets messed up.
* Fed as a powdered herb food blend for ease of digestion and swift efficacy.
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Andrographis paniculata, Astragalus membranaceus, B erberis vulgaris (Barberry), Uncaria tomentosa (Cat's Claw), Symphytum (Comfrey), Eleutherococcus senticosus (Siberian Ginseng), Origanum vulgare (Oregano), Tabebuia impeteginosa (Pau D'Arco/Lapacho), Plantago ovata (Psyllium) & Smilax ornata (Sarsaparilla)
The following form the complete Sibo Detox COMBO programme.
NB. If you think your horse may be a KPU candidate, you'll need to feed our P5P activated form of B6 while the hindgut function is regenerating, in order to maintain the liver's toxin biotransformation/metabolising function. See our KPU page for more information.
Finally, stemmy hay , fed 24/7, is going to be your saviour here to help restore the beneficial hindgut microbiome.
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