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Does anyone here supplement their own diet with Magnesium?  I became 
interested in it for my own health about a year ago when I was seeing more 
and more information about deficiencies and the symptoms of those with 
deficiencies, both in humans and in horses.

I've been taking extra Magnesium and wow, what a difference.  I didn't 
realize how much of a difference it had made until I ran out of it, lol!  I 
am much less likely to feel frustrated, angry, and anxious with the extra 
Magnesium.  And it's not like I sat around before stewing or anything, but I 
can handle the extra stresses thrown my way better now.

I did supplement my horses with extra Magnesium for awhile as I have an 
ultra spooky morgan and didn't notice a change in his behavior.  We've since 
ran out of the supplement and started a natural horsemanship program going 
back to the very basics of horse training and that is making a HUGE 
difference, it's thrilling!  I bought him as a 14yr old pasture pet and 
assume that he was probably trained to be a HOT head in the show ring and 
became TOO hot to handle and then started to get bounced from home to home.

But I definitely wouldn't discount a Magnesium deficiency or other 
vit/mineral/diet imbalances when dealing with behavior issues.

Amy


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


> And this is simply not true.  Irritability is most apparent when the
> nervous system is stimulated.  So a horse is just snoozing or is
> comfortable in its environment, the irritability may be less likely to
> manifest itself, and it may not be until the horse gets into an
> unfamiliar or uncomfortable environment that this irritability manifests
> itself as a spook. 


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