Re: Carbos and eating crow

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 98-06-22 00:02:20 EDT, Debbyly@aol.com writes:

<< I would be interested to know if the research about the glucose spikes and
 insulin response have been done in exercising horses, horses that have
already
 been exercising for quite a while and that will continue exercising.  I would
 suspect that the research has been done on horses at rest.  In people the
 glucose spikes and insulin response do not happen if the carbos are taken
 during exercise.  I know nothing about fluid shifts.  What happens to a horse
 at rest cannot be extrapolated to any exercising horse.
  >>

Debby,

This is our experience. Sometimes when we miss the timing for the individual
horse, he'll race poorly (two minutes of sleepiness) and when the race is over
is on fire to do another ten miles. Once the horse is working and getting
periodic intake of sugars, we've seen no periodic drop in performance--unless
the doses are too far apart. 

ti