Re: Tortoise vrs hare, ie: carbo vrs fat!

[Sarah Ralston <ralston@AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU>]

At 08:49 PM 12/16/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Are you sure? I believe body condition scores tend to look at fat deposit
>areas - around the tail bone, just below the withers, over the ribs, along
>the spinous process. These aren't muscles. Am I missing something?
>
>Duncan Fletcher
>dfletche@gte.net
>
>
You are absolutely correct, Duncan, as usual.
Sarah
>From: <Tivers@aol.com>

> Body fat is not gas in the fuel tank--it's extra baggage. What you're
>talking
>> about here in better body condition is stored muscle glycogen, not stored
>> fat. Do you really believe that the difference in body weight between
>> properly fed and poorly fed equine athletes in hard training is body fat?
>A delusion.
>>
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