Re: Garlic

["Cora" <bandc@teknett.com>]

Nevada also has low selinium feed.. My boys won't touch Garlic either, only
way that happens is if I syringe it,  its a bother!!
----- Original Message -----
From: <Trishmare7@aol.com>
To: <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>; <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 7:17 AM
Subject: RC: Garlic


> This is great to know Lif, especially in buggy, low selenium areas like
> Michigan.  But what I'd like to know is how do you get the horses to EAT
the
> durn stuff!  I've got a huge tub of Springtime's garlic sitting in the
house,
> and unless I put so little in the feed I can't see that it could be
> effective, the horse's turn their noses up.  David, particularly . . . and
> HE'S the one I primarily bought it for!
>
> Trish & King David,
> Grand Blanc, Michigan
>
> << For those of you who feed garlic to your horses as a supplement for
bugs
>  etc. , here's a snip from RealAge.com, health news for humans.  It may or
>  may not apply to horses, but it's food for thought, so to speak, if you
>  feed garlic & another supplement with selenium.  Lif
>
>  >What's less well known is that garlic gets much of its goodness from its
>  >high selenium content, a trace mineral that has been heralded for its
>  >antioxidant and cancer-fighting properties. In fact, if you load your
>  >meals with lots of garlic, you shouldn't need to add a selenium
supplement
>  >to your diet. >>
>
>
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