Re: Re: Re: Re: Electrolyting

["Celeste Murray" <celestem@badgermining.co.za>]

Hi Susan

Most table salts are iodinated, I read somewhere that we need to watch out
for over dosing on the iodine, is this true or can we use iodinated salt?

Celeste

I'D RATHER BE RIDING !
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>
To: Helga Loncosky <hblmh@ptd.net>
Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 10:14 PM
Subject: RC: Re: Re: Re: Electrolyting


> >
> > OK, I'm curious. What are people's "private" recipes? I have been using
> > an old one that I got from Lew Hollander's book years ago.
>
> This is probably more or less similar to others mentioned, including
Lew's,
> but here is one more (translated) version, from Fluids and Electrolytes in
> Athletic Horses - Veterinary Clinics of North America, Ken Hinchcliff,
> editor (April, 1998).
>
> 3 cups sodium chloride (plain white salt)
> 1 cups potassium chloride (Lite salt)
> 1/4 cup calcium (calcium carbonate tablets from the vitamin aisle or
> elsewhere)
> 1/8 cup magnesium (epsom salts)
>
> If I were going to use this recipe, though, I think I would probably
> increase the Lite salt to 2 cups for more potassium.  Definitely don't
> overdo the epsom salts, it'll give them diarrhea sumpin awful if you do.
:-)
>
> Angie, I'm guessing you can figure out how much epsom salts to add to your
> recipe to get some magnesium in there.  Or, if you're feeding plenty of
beet
> pulp throughout the day, that's a really good source of magnesium as well,
> though I'd still add it to the electrolytes.
>
> Susan G
>
>
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