This is mainly for Susan, but feel free, anyone: I know most horses are deffecient in Magnesium (many, severely). Since ATP bonds to magnesium and ATP is what supplies energy to the muscles, I'm wondering if supplementing magnesium on a daily basis would help, in anyway, to improving blood panels on horses at endurance rides. My suspiscion is that a horse with better mag. levels to begin with would be in a much better situation to remain balanced in electrolytes than a horse starting out with a mag. deffeciency.
I know, after doing the lab tests on my hay, pasture and supplements, I have to supplement 1 tablespoon a day of 58% magnesium oxide in order to maintaing a 2:1 balance between Calcium and Magnesium for my horse. That's a LOT. I don't remeber how many grams it ended up being, but seems like I remember it was about 17g. Wondering how many people supplement extra magnesium outside what your horse gets in the processed feeds and pasture? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
