Ridecamp: Re: [RC] thumps

Lif--

The best explanation I can give you is that it again (see my long
documentary from earlier today!  LOL) comes down not to storage but to
mobilization, and thus availability to the muscle tissue.  Any stored
calcium, such as what would be ingested with alfalfa during regular
feedings, has to be remobilized from bone and other muscles before it can be
used by the diaphragm muscle for contractions.  The calcium from LyteNow
would go directly into the blood stream after being absorbed from the gut,
and so is more readily available than stored calcium.  The form of calcium
in LyteNow is most likely a mineral form which has a high availability of
calcium for absorption compared to calcium in alfalfa.  About 20 to 33 % of
it's calcium in the form of calcium oxalate, which is insoluble, and
therefore is unavailable to the animal.  It  has been estimated that the
calcium in alfalfa is about 80 to 95 percent as bioavailable as calcium
carbonate (limestone).


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