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RE: [RC] Ground Flax & Arthritis - Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVMFlax is a fairly concentrated source of omega-three fatty acids, which have some natural anti-inflammatory properties. It won't replace bute, but it's useful. It can be very helpful for some chronic inflammatory issues, like fly allergies, some arthritic conditions, things like that. It's just good stuff, so if you're seeing some improvement, great, go for it. You can work your way up to some pretty impressive amounts on a daily basis, but increase the amounts gradually. Adding an additional half cup a week would be reasonable. It's not that there's any safety issue in increasing it faster than that, but the oil component is also a pretty powerful cathartic, and adding too much too soon could cause some loose stool/diarrhea. On the racetrack, they often sometimes stomach tube a racehorse with a pint or so of linseed oil (the same thing as flax oil, but extracted via heat process) to empty them out before a race. Can you say "paint the wall"? If you work your way up gradually, I have a number of horses that get over four pounds of ground flax seed a day (very high mileage racing endurance horses that need the calories from fat, but won't touch other fat sources). And, they have the shiniest coats and nicest feet you ever saw in your life. :-) It's a routine chore for the kids to sit in front of the TV, grinding flax seed and dumping it into freezer baggies. Susan Garlinghouse, DVM -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lisa Douglass Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 11:28 AM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Ground Flax & Arthritis Has anyone used ground flax specifically for the treatment of arthritis? I have a horse who has spinal arthritis, and have had not seen positive results from the plethora of treatments I've tried already -- That is, HLA, Glucosamine, Chondroitin, MSM, etc. etc. However, happened to be reading an article about flax, and it mentioned the benefits flax can have on joints. I've had this horse on 1 cup of ground flax for about 1 month now, and I'm really seeing improvement! Just curious if anyone else had had results such as this. How much flax can safely be fed to a horse on a daily basis? Thanks! SHOP OUR SITE ON BLACK FRIDAY AND PURCHASE REINS FOR 50% OFF AS ALWAYS, SHIPPING IS FREE FOR ORDERS OVER $50 Lisa Douglass Moss Rock Endurance US Distributor of The Ghost and The Spirit Treeless Saddles Coming this Fall! www.mossrockendurance.com (719)439-2472 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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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