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Thanks Tom.So in your book it belong to the waste paper basket.Actually 
Tom,CHO loading is not a new concept,it has it's root from biblical 
times,Thanks to scientists like you  we have rediscovered it.Now it make 
more sense.Thank you Tom.


> From: Tivers@xxxxxxx
> To: drnikisahak@xxxxxxxxxxx, ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: RC:Fat  Stores
> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:56:03 EDT
>
> In a message dated 8/23/2005 10:57:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> drnikisahak@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > Tom,
> > In the context and realm of what you have just said and the numerous 
> papers
> > you put forward and papers  I am sure on human field studies which you 
> have
> > not forwarded due to sheer volume,where does  one put the concept of
> > feeding fats to equine now. Without wanting to be controversial,is this
> > still on,can this still be debated one way or other,or in your book does
> > this belong to the   wastepaper basket ? If so ,why  have we all been 
> lead
> > to the rosy path  by so many  with equally if not more solid  
> credentials.?
> > On the issue of human physiology though I do have to agree with you that 
> I
> > have yet to see a creditable paper  championing feeding fats to 
> marathoners
> > and triatletes.!
> > Nik
> >
> >
>
> In the 80s, there was a fad for feeding MCTs (Medium Chain Triglycerides) 
> in
> human athletes. Studies showed reduced lactic acid production and "glycogen
> sparing". And fat contained a lot of energy compared to 
> carbohydrate/glcygen.
> However, in practical application, the athletes lost firepower across the 
> board,
> from sprinters to marathoners, performance declined with fat 
> supplementation
> and the practice died out. Even Jim Fixx warned about fat, saying "fat 
> burns
> on the flame of glycogen".
>
> Now we understand why the problem exists. First, no matter what you feed,
> there are plenty of IMTGs available for sustaining lower level muscular
> contractions. Second, lactic acid is no longer Public Enemy #1, but a 
> beneficial
> chemical and a viable fuel. And the primary limiting factor for maintaining 
> power
> output in all athletes is the availability of glycogen--muscle glycoge, 
> liver
> glycogen and via blood glucose/insulin. Everyone in human athletics now 
> know
> that you must feed carbohydrates and limit fat intake in all athletes, 
> sprinters
> to marathoners, and that carbohydrate intake during exercise is also 
> necessary
> for optimum performance.
>
> In the midst of the human clamor for MCTs, Potter, et al, delivered a 
> paper,
> under the sponsorship of the American Rendering Association, showing that
> feeding fat was beneficial in the performance of racing Quarterhorses. Feed
> companies, already in a very competitive marketplace with rising grain 
> prices and
> everybody shopping for $5/bag packaged feed, hopped on the bandwagon 
> quickly
> because fat was a very cheap way to deliver gross energy. Without the 
> grain,
> though, they had to find something to fill up the bag, so they jumped on 
> another
> waste product, beet pulp, so that you could feed the stuff with a scoop 
> instead
> of a hose.
>
> Equine science moves a lot slower than the human science. There are fewer
> researchers, for one thing. And fewer experiments being performed. For 
> example,
> there has never been a paper that looked at actual performance of an 
> athletic
> horse with a high fat diet vs high carb diet. In contrast, this has been 
> done
> dozens of times in the human literature. Some of the "researchers" in the
> equine field are selling packaged feed themselves, so they, and the Grand 
> Poobahs
> of equine nutrition have incentives for promoting fat feeding, even if it 
> is
> only to defend strong pronouncements made in the past--it is a relatively 
> small
> community, compared to the research community in human athletics/nutrition.
>
> If you read my book, The Fit Racehorse I & 2, you'll see me advocating the
> addition of corn oil to the ration. Because I didn't know better and was 
> going
> on the work of the top equine researchers of the time. But we learned 
> better,
> the hard way. And that's what's going to happen with the entire equine
> industry--learning the hard way, with the researchers and their lay 
> magazine heralds
> being the last to come around.
>
> In the meantime, you, and your equine athlete, are paying the price. Too 
> bad,
> but that's the way the world works. In the world of science, those with the
> "credentials" are almost always proven wrong, eventually. That's the way of
> science. In the end, the coach and athlete can take hints from the science, 
> but
> the real rule for them is "what works is real". And what works in athletics 
> is
> athletic performance--winning. If, as the coach of your athlete, winning is
> not a goal, then feed fat--it's cheap.
>
> ti

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