Re: RC: RE: Carbo Charge and Tying Up

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/19/99 2:25:36 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
steph@endurance.net writes:

<< 
 Tom, you lost me here, what do you mean by 'fuel-depleted' - low
 blood glucose levels? Seems like a pretty gross assumption.
 Doesn't match the blood analysis results I've seen. Nor does
 it fit with the winning performances by horses that have
 not been given carbo supplementation. Maybe I misunderstood
 you...
 
 Steph >>


Low muscle glycogen. In that circumkstance, at least in the early stages of 
it, blood glucose can become elevated because the liver kicks in--until it 
runs out of gas.

ti


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