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Re: [RC] molasses - was tying up question (long) - Truman PrevattI suspect that the horse that is calm laid back on a conditioning ride but whose body is taken over by his "evil twin" on a ride is not suffering from any diet problems but rather a problem in training, a problem with the rider being high as a kite, a very pronounced fight or flight reaction (again a training issue or being brought on by the rider). I would expect horses that have a problem with simple sugars will have it all the time - not just on ride day.Truman Supposedly, horses don't get diabetes, but there's starting to be a lot of evidence that horses are variably insulin-resistant, which translates to intolerance to sugars---including that in molasses, depending on the type and amount used. Some horses that metabolize and utilize sugars just dandy can gobble down grain and molasses and glycogen loaders by the truckload, feel just great and go conquer the world without turning a hair. The problem IMO is that not every horse can do that---a lot of horses *are* insulin-resistant, meaning they can eat sugars, get a sky-high blood glucose reading and *feel* like they can conquer the world---but because the glucose =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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