Re: RC: Re: Overdosing Potassium (was Susan Garlinghouse at Convention)

["Truman Prevatt, PhD" <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

It is my understanding that at the 99 Pan Am blood was pulled on the horses
pulled metabolic reasons and all showed deficient levels of potassium. At rides
where I have personally participated in studies the results always showed horses
that failed to complete had lower potassium levels on the average than those
that did.

Truman

Susan Garlinghouse wrote:

> >See above.  In the absence of sufficient supply from either food sources or
> elytes, a severely potassium-depleted endurance horse is a horse on the
> ground.  Probably the major factor in alot of the metabolic problems back
> East, from what Truman has told me over the years.
>
> > It is my understanding that electrolyte formulas are scientifically
> arrived at.  Can
> > somebody explain the science of this to me?
>
> The elyte mixes replace the elytes in the same proportion they're lost by
> exercising endurance horses, who sweat differently than horses in other
> disciplines.  Plus, they add a glucose source, because sodium and chloride
> don't get absorbed in the absence of glucose and you can't necessarily count
> on glucose being present in the gut from food sources.  There's some pretty
> good research existing now having to do with elytes in endurance horses,
> most of it from Art, Gayles and Michael Lindinger's work.  KER has done some
> work in developing EnduraMax as well.
>
> Susan G
>

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