MAGNESIUM for EMS/IR horses: What to add to up the mag level in your horse’s SALAD? Almonds, dry roasted, 1 oz = 80 mg
Cashews, dry roasted, 1 oz = 75 mg
Spinach, frozen or cooked, one half cup = 75 mg
Most of the salads I feed our herd are a base of spinach or kale. For the 3 horses and 3 ponies (plus mini donk/goat/chx) I’ll throw a big bag of Spinach into the bucket then add the apples/carrots/yams/bananas/
MAGNESIUM has been proven to help Insulin Resistance and is frequently ‘prescribed’ by the vets for supplementation to the horse’s diet.
Feeding RAW, FRESH vegetables and fruits, nuts and seeds has been proven to reverse IR in humans — anecdotally has been proven time and time again in horses.
Thank you for sharing this. I will start feeding more fruit and veg to my horses
Jane … you’ll find the ‘base salad recipe’ here to which you’d add specific items for your individual horse here: http://www.thepenzancehorse.com > ARTICLES > Equine Nutrition > “Feeding Horses”
Please don’t be shy and if you have any questions just holler at me! 🙂 — Gwen