RE: [RC] Study on electrolyte/ulcers - Steph Teeter
Kim - most of the talk at the USEF clinc was
anecdotal. There was reference to one actual study - a sampling done
on a group of 'horses' - not necessarily performance horses, where 'over 50% of
the horses sampled had some level of gastric ulceration'. You might be able to
search the net for reference of this study. To my knowlege there hasn't been any
analysis done on the effects of electrolyte administration - relative to gastic
ulcers.
Re the use of buffers - you could probably
get a chemical analysis of the products, and determine the amount of sodium,
aluminum, calcium, carbonate, etc per oz of bufferand compare that to recommended dosages
of commercial electrolytes. ? I recall that Neighlox was developed (using
aluminum ion) because of the concern that Maalox might be upsetting the sodium
balance. **this is all from memory, I might be all backwards on the
products and ions - but the point is that you could probably do this
analysis yourself.
IOne thing that seems obvious to
me about electrolyte dosage is that it can 'irritate' the mucous membranes, and
cause sores (if not ulcers) and probably irritate (cause greater pain from)
existing ulcers.
Steph
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electrolyte/ulcers
Last week I asked if there was any additional
information on the correlation with the use of electrolytes and
ulcers. I know that this information was discussed at the the convention
and was a topic at the USEF training session in AZ.
Does anyone know where I can get information
on the studies that were used in either presentation? I would really
like to know what brand or formula of electrolyte was used in the study AND
what doses/frequency were administered. It really set off alarms when I
read that more frequent doses of e-lytes seemed to cause more
ulcers.
I would also like to know if adding buffers
such as Maalox. Neighlox, etc. that are used to prevent irritation to the
mouth/gut mess can cause an imbalance of certain ingredients in the
electrolytes such as a calcium imbalance. I would also like to know if
adding an ingredients like applesauce or yogurt to make e lytes more
palatable may also act as a buffer to the gut or perhaps any dilution,
even water, would accomplish the same thing. I also wonder if adding
salt (electrolytes) to yogurt effects the probiotic effects that the yogurt is
supposed to give. Actually this question actually is for any
probiotic that is given in the mix of the electrolytes.
I realize that this is not as exciting a topic
as some of the others that get discussed on ridecamp but this is something
that really does effect us as endurance riders as many of us use
electrolytes in competition. Even if nobody want to discuss
this topic, please e mail me with the information on where I can find the
quoted studies so I can read up on this on my own.
