Re: RC: RE: GRUELS ---Vinegar - hey vets, nutritionists, physiology folks

[Onefarmgirl@aol.com]

Been meaning to ask about this.   At the AERC conference there were folks 
selling a vinegar based product to acidify the gut, in order to reduce the 
chances of enterolith formation.   In Tom Ivers' book TFR II, he mentions the 
use of bicarb "milkshake" to alkalinize the gut, and evidenty help counteract 
blood lactic acid build up during performance. 

Does anyone actually know the physiology involved here or is this all 
assumption?  In humans, it would take fairly large doses of acid/base to 
significantly impact gut pH, much less blood pH.   Does feeding an acidic 
food change the pH of the hindgut?   Does feeding an akaline product affect 
blood chemistry?   Heidi?   Sarah?   Tom?

Pat Farmer