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Dr. Kellon, what do you think about adding cinnamon for
insulin resistance?  I've read it's also a good source of
magnesium.  For Ridecampers, I'm additing some links to
articles.

Heidi 

http://chetday.com/type2diabetes.htm

http://diabetes.webmd.com/news/20031205/cinnamon-helps-type-2-diabetes

http://altmedicine.about.com/od/qalibrary/f/cinnamon.htm

--- Eleanor Kellon <drkellon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> not the right Heidi, but I've read something that Dr.
> Kellon wrote a long time ago, something about Magnesium
> deficiency in Cushings type horses/ponies and how it
> could
> help.  Maybe she will read this and confirm and expound.
> ======================
>
> Magnesium is an old folk remedy for laminitis in the UK.
> Never made much
> sense to me but about 10 years ago I did a field trial of
> magnesiufm
> supplementation in chronically laminitic and
> cresty/overweight horses and
> ponies. In the process of researching what effects of
> magnesium might be
> responsible for this, I ran across both the older studies
> on ponies being
> insulin resistant, and human work showing a link between
> magnesium
> deficiency and insulin resistance or diabetes. Eureka
> moment.
>
> I don't want to go too far off topic for this group but
> if anyone has a
> strong interest in this topic you might want to join:
>
> http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/EquineCushings/
>
> even if it's just to read the information in the files.
>
> Getting back to endurance, someone said a while back they
> thought magnesium
> was the ignored electrolyte. To a large extent, that's
> true. In his
> excellent article on feeding endurance horses, Dr.
> Spangfors recommended a
> 2:1 ratio of calcium:magnesium in the diet a long time
> ago:
>
> http://www.ker.com/library/advances/143.pdf
>
> Some nutritionists in this country (like Bill
> Vandergrift) agreed, and I
> certainly do too, but the NRC feeding requirements always
> set a much lower
> target magnesium - unitl now. In the 2007 edition,
> they're finally down to a
> 2:1 ratio for exercising horses.
>
> Eleanor
>
>
> -- 
> Eleanor M. Kellon, V.M.D.
> Equine Nutritional Solutions
> 58 Maple Farm Road
> Ephrata, PA 17522


     
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