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*JumpIt*
Mar. 13, 2010, 07:16 AM
Taken from this article - http://www.naturodoc.com/library/medsmats/msm/MSM_background.htm

It sounds like some kind of miracle drug :eek: , for those feed it to their horses and those who take it them selves what kind of changes did you see? Do all horses/people need to supplement MSM or is enough taken in naturally?



MSM is a white, odorless, water-soluble element produced in the fluids and tissues of all living creatures. Along with water and salt, it composes 90 percent of all living organisms.

This natural sulfonyl sulfur compound, once called "Factor N" (for returning cells to Normal), forms the flexible bond between protein amino acid chains. It builds and maintains supple, permeable collagen cell walls in flesh tissues, using Vitamin C for tissue cell formation.

MSM provides sulfur bonding in all enzymes and amino acids, and is required for the body to use Vitamin B5, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Selenium, Calcium, Manganese, and Co-Enzyme Q-10. 1/8 tsp. is used in the body daily. Humans contain about 0.2-0.25 ppm.

MSM softens leathery eye membranes, allowing nutrients to penetrate. It removes waste particle buildup (cataracts) and inside eye pressure (glaucoma), improves vision, muscle tone, red spots, damaged blood vessels for contact lens wearers (with MSM Eye Drops), and removes floaters.

MSM improves cell wall respiration, moving nutrients and oxygen into cells and waste toxins out, and it improves circulation. MSM lessens muscle inflammations and pain, athletic soreness, back problems, bursitis, tendonitis, arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, hip dysplasia, and toe pain from weather pressure changes on leathery membranes.

MSM relieves skin problems, leathery cracked skin, wrinkles, and skin itching. MSM reduces scar tissue, moles, brown spots, black spots, skin tumors, cuts, and burns. Dogs eat greens to counter itchy skin, and caged birds pull feathers out to counter MSM deficiency itching.

MSM lessens cholesterol buildup, hardening of the arteries, varicose veins, strokes, heart attacks, and improves athletic performance, boosts energy, and lessens recovery time after distance running by 75 percent.

MSM improves immunity, counters lung problems (as in nasal spray), asthma, and emphysema. It neutralizes free radicals and foreign proteins, counters food and pollen allergies in 3-4 days (250-270 mg. daily), dust mites, Candida, headaches, migraines, hangover, alcoholism, and Alzheimer's disease.

MSM binds foreign proteins, anti-venom that neutralizes (rattle) snake bites, bee stings, mosquito and flea bites, brown recluse spider and black widow spider bites, and reduces drug hypersensitivity to non-steroid anti-arthritic drugs and oral antibiotics.

MSM helps drug withdrawal and repairs prednisone drug damage. MSM lessens the need for diabetics' insulin use. MSM is a mild diuretic, and is beneficial for PMS, cramps, nausea, and hot flashes.

MSM prevents stomach problems, counters stomach acidity and ulcers, constipation, and diverticulosus. It loosens and flushes colon urogenital parasites, roundworms, Giardia, and Trichomonas.

MSM supplementation side effects are generally considered positive. Fingernails, toenails, and hair grow twice as fast. Users report a reduction in nail ridges and split hair ends. Excess MSM is flushed in 12 hours.

Lieslot
Mar. 13, 2010, 07:26 AM
I take 2,000mg daily, and when I stop taking it, rigth knee joint pain, right hip pain & lumbar pain.
1,000mg doesn't do it for me. I love the stuff.
MSM isn't something foreing to the body, it's naturally present (corect me if I've got that wrong someone). I prefer to take that over Ibuprofen.

Melelio
Mar. 13, 2010, 08:11 AM
We take it daily, about 4MG powdered (I buy the cheapest horse powder and the humans use it LOL).....It totally stopped my hip pain from walking crooked for 23 years, and it's made my hair grow again, after many years! (it'd stop growing at just past my shoulder tops...seriously)

We love it, and who knows what else it's helping with? Every body needs the sulphur.

deltawave
Mar. 13, 2010, 08:48 AM
What the very silly, breathless and hyperbolic text is saying is that sulfur compounds are important in all of those metabolic processes. A normal, healthy body derives plenty of sulfur compounds or their precursors from what we eat, and manufactures them as needed. A deficiency might cause problems, but there's nothing that says an excess is the cure. :)

Barnfairy
Mar. 13, 2010, 09:00 AM
I hate it when my horses' eye membranes are all leathery.

grayarabpony
Mar. 13, 2010, 09:22 AM
We have so much sulfur in the water and soil on my farm, my horses won't be needing MSM..

matryoshka
Mar. 13, 2010, 04:04 PM
My horse, Bank on Frank, was injured while racing, had surgery (chips removed, screw inserted) and then raced some more. He had arthritic changes even before he was retired, and now he's 10. I started giving MSM to him during the summer, and the difference is profound.

Still, I don't push him past the point where I know the knee has problems. Actually, I have to keep him from pushing himself. He's not very smart about taking care of that knee. He'll try to race at any gait, including a walk. ;) He has not learned that he can't outwalk a gaited horse. :lol:

For myself, I find that taking MSM occasionally can break the pain cycle in my hip (I suspect ligament damage in the SI joint). It does not help me on a daily basis, but an SI brace sure does. Again, I think my problem is soft tissue rather than bone.

Druid Acres
Mar. 13, 2010, 08:36 PM
I hate it when my horses' eye membranes are all leathery.

:lol: Me too ...

sublimequine
Mar. 13, 2010, 09:53 PM
:lol: Me too ...

That's what Lexol is for, duh! :rolleyes:

:lol::lol::lol:

As for the OP, yes, I notice a lot of changes in my mare when on MSM. She's less stiff, her hooves are better, her mane/tail/coat is nicer, and her skin is better. :)

purplnurpl
Mar. 13, 2010, 11:43 PM
well...it acts as a laxative for my grey horse.
He, therefore, is not on MSM.

sophie
Mar. 14, 2010, 05:34 PM
My Tb (10 yo, raced till she was 4) is on 10 mg MSM each day. This is the only suppl. she's on. She moves fluidly, is never stiff at the beginning of our rides. A few years ago I had a complete lameness exam done on her (turned out it was a deep bone bruise in a front foot) and the vet found that her hind pastern xrays were very iffy ("a mess", his words.).
I didn't tell her that, put her on MSM, and she has been sound, eventing at Novice, doing Hunter Paces, etc.