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Re: [RC] Magnesium supplementing...etc. - Pam DeMerchantAbsolutely. I take calcium and magnesium daily, since I avoid dairy. They work well together, are great to help you relax and reduce PMS symptoms. They work as natural muscle relaxants/painkillers after a long hard ride or a spill. I started taking it as a teenager after a jumping accident where I bent my tailbone and needed it for the pain. On Thu, Sep 1, 2005 at 9:13 AM, Amy wrote: Does anyone here supplement their own diet with Magnesium? I becameinterested 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.=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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