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Aaron Turnage wrote:
> I find these type of discussions very interesting, and I enjoy 
> learning from others.  I've read TI's Equine Nutrition book as well as 
> The Fit Racehorse II.  I understand the concept of glucose and it's 
> importance during an event.  My horse gets 1/2 grain (Nutrena XTN) and 
> about 1/2 beet pulp in a sloppy mash during a ride.  Where I start to 
> get confused is how do you keep glucose levels elevated during an 
> event?  From what I've read, and please correct me if I'm wrong, the 
> one thing you really want to avoid is a horse that is now dangerously 
> low on glucose, since glucose = metabolic energy.  If you feed high 
> sugar/starch feeds, then the insulin levels will rise in order to help 
> process that glucose into the system.  When those sugars are no longer 
> available, the higher insulin levels may then cause the horse to "come 
> down" faster than a horse that was at a fairly low blood sugar to 
> start.  Is that correct?
KER did some studies to show this cycle from ingestion of carbos to 
"hypoglycemic" state to be about two horse. The entire cycle was found 
to be about 4 hours. The good news is most feeds today balanced with 
different sources.

Just a question. XTN has a significant amount of beet pulp in the feed 
and makes a nice mesh. Why are you adding more?


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"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite 
of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."    Niels Bohr 
-- Nobel Laureate, Physics




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