PLACIDE for Horses

Placide is a highly available form of an essential mineral: magnesium. Where horses are deficient results can be seen almost immediately on supplementation.

Horses with deficiencies return to their old amenable selves, they free up in movement, they are calmer and therefore safer to ride. This in turn means you feel more inclined to ride and the horse gets more exercise, training and daily movement.

MAGNESIUM: When you learn how necessary it is for proper brain function, and that `topping up' with magnesium increases your ability to process information, you won't be surprised at the effect on your horse. A relaxed horse that can release muscles fully, learns things very quickly. The spin-off effect is that when horses are calm and settled, people are more inspired to ride them. This gets horses moving, which is another huge component of achieving healthy, happy horses.

Magnesium is vital for over 300 different functions in the body. The body requires magnesium in relatively large amounts but does not store much. If it does not get sufficient daily from the diet, then it is forced to steal it from the nerves, the muscles, the brain and the heart. Then the body simply cannot function properly. This has significant, often dire, consequences. including:

*  the nerve endings becoming hypersensitive
*  over-reactiveness, i.e. touchiness, spookiness, rushing off floats, etc, and therefore ACCIDENTS!!
*  the muscles not properly relaxed, horse is tight and tense, can't bend, stepping short, you think
    there is something wrong with their back, so you get therapists  who find muscle spasms, you
    try new saddles, etc and often eventually give up on the horse.
*  impaired insulin response, contributing to obesity, insulin resistance, cresty necks, extra pads
    of fat, puffiness, laminitis and eventually Cushings-like  syndrome.
*  impaired peripheral circulation, especially in the hooves.
*  upset hormone balance,
*  PMT in mares,
*  electrolyte imbalances

Without Magnesium, muscle & nerve functions are compromised and energy is diminished. Muscular weakness, soft bones, anxiety, heart attacks, even seizures & convulsions can result. Magnesium reduces lactic acid build up, lactic acid causes post exercise pain. Magnesium is not a wonder drug; it is a simple element, a mineral vital to health and life.