Effect of Turmeric compared to Joint Supplement

What is the lowest dose of Micronised linseed to use with the tumeric - my girl is a good doer so dont want to add any extra calories. thanks
 
TrasaM said:
I started taking it about 5 days ago. I tsp mixed with cocoanut oil and ground pepper. I'm sure that my joints feel better already but I'm sorry to day that I'm no livelier as yet..fingers crossed lol. I started using it to see if it'll help my psoriasis ..early days yet.
I would think that the horses being more lively is more due to them feeling better and celebrating it by being a bit more active. However is I start getting more spooky or hyperactive I will report back :D
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Is that per day? Is it palatable?
 
As a separate question, if I was to make up a tub of linseed, and pepper to give to my YO every week would the pepper still work? It says it has to be freshly ground, but I'm assuming that this is instead of the powdered 'table pepper' you can get?
 
Broke_But_Happy said:
Is that per day? Is it palatable?
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I mix two doses at once. I couldn't find any guidelines so though I'd start with one tsp a day. I roll it into little pellets and take with water so it doesn't taste of anything much. Just have to be careful to wash hands immediately or you end up with very yellow fingers x
Sorry.. Just re read. I mix 2 tsp turmeric to one of cocoanut oil + ground pepper = two days supply.
 
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Joint supplements never helped my TB but I believe Tumeric is.

He has navicular and arthritis. He has struggle for the last few years every time the farrier came. Almost falling over when having his back hooves done. On Wednesday he was shod for the first time since being on tumeric and he was so much happier, stood like a 'normal' horse and this as despite the fact that he has been stabled for 10 days solid which should have left him stiff as a board. I hacked him out yesterday for the first time in a month, straight from the stable, so again should be stiff as a board but he felt great. On the way home he was like a 4 year old on speed but I'm this may be due to being in with no work for so long!

I haven't ridden him enough yet to know if it's really helping but just going from the above I think it is working in some way.
 
I've bought the turmeric from a local asian supermarket, one kilo for £2.49. I presume ground turmeric is OK? And a black pepper mill from Aldi at 89p. I already feed micronised linseed so we're good to go this evening.
 
Bertie has been on it for 2 weeks now. I haven't noticed a difference yet but that may be because I've had to introduce the turmeric very slowly. The first day I put in a whole teaspoon and he wouldn't touch his feed! He wouldn't even pick the carrot off the top! We are now up to 3 pinches a day.
 
Global herbs new "hocks" is turmeric based too!

Have to say I haven't seen a major change in my girl, so perhaps she isn't as bad as I think she is?!
 
Just to add a slightly different perspective - I had my pony on turmeric for quite a while, along with linseed and pepper but I recently saw something (on the turmeric users group on Facebook) that suggested that it could give a horse gastric ulcers. I found this interesting as I'd long suspected pony was suffering from ulcers and I'd started him on Ritetrac to see if it made a difference. I had noticed a slight difference in him but not as big a change as I would've hoped for. After seeing the report about turmeric I stopped using it and after a couple of days I noticed a distinct improvement in his ulcer symptoms. Incidently, he is also much freer in his movement since stopping the turmeric - I suspect the oil has more to do with the improvement people see than the turmeric (I also tried turmeric myself and noticed absolutely no improvement). Or maybe it wasn't joint stiffness in his case. It's possible that the turmeric doesn't actually cause ulcers but may irritate them - so I'd say it's something to be aware of.

Conversely I did have my elderly dog on turmeric for quite a while and I did notice quite a big difference in her.
 
3Beasties said:
On the way home he was like a 4 year old on speed
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:D

Having the same problem with my 22-year old, been behaving like a hooligan lately (been having turmeric for just over a month). Tanked off with me today up a 30 ft banking when a cyclist came whizzing round the bend behind us. Pre-turmeric he wouldn't have batted an eyelid! :rolleyes:
 
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