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RE: [RC] Glycemic index of horse grains - heidi

No, you're not reading it wrong.  Your error is in assuming that a feed must have some effect in raising the glycemic index in order to be of value.  In fact, there are many different things that different feedstuffs can do--this one provides structural carbs and stimulates gut motility (which in turn helps to stimulate the production of VFAs from forages already in the hindgut, which feeds the Krebs cycle as surely as raising the glycemic index does), and is a great way for getting horses to take in more fluid with their feed.
 
Heidi


Interesting article. If I interpret the results correctly, beet pulp
has  almost no effect in raising the glycemic index- 1% of what oats -
and well below hays. That makes one wonder if the horse would not be
better off eating hay instead of beet pulp. As far as providing glucose,
it seems say that beet pulp is about as good as cardboard.

Am I reading this worng?

Truman

Randy or Cheryl Winter wrote:
> Check out this site.  Good information in the glycemic index of feeds in
> horses.
>
> Cheryl Winter
>
> http://ari.calstate.edu/research/pdf/00-2-034/ResearchReport-00-2-034.pdf
>
>  


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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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