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RE: [RC] RC RC:Thanks Leonard - heidiObviously I have no experience in Malaysia, either, but to add to
what Leonard has said here...
One of our winningest riders here who normally uses zero
electrolytes has a "hot and humid" formula that works for her--and like
Leonard's suggestion, it is not high in raw electrolytes. She does
a mixture of about 25% e-lytes and 75% yogurt, and then gives something
like 2-3 ounces of that mixture ONCE at the beginning of the ride, and
then no more.
One of the very serious repercussions with overuse of electrolytes
is that critters (not just horses, but humans, etc.) will "third-space"
fluids--in other words, begin to pull fluid back into the gut to bring
the concentration of the e-lytes there back to normal when they can't
transport the e-lytes across the gut wall fast enough or when the
concentration is already high in the fluids in the bloodstream and the
cells due to dehydration. This even more rapidly dehydrates the
critter. I keep thinking about Bev Gray's horse in Dubai having
seizures on the overly aggressive e-lyte doses that were more or less
forced on the horses by the leadership of the squad that year...
Heidi
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