Re: RC: Appetite at holds

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/20/99 2:04:22 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
ralston@AESOP.RUTGERS.EDU writes:

<< 
 of the forage fed horses doesn't move around much. If you gave carb charge
 at one check
 and the horse was going low on glucose (the rebound effect that's been
 discussed already) by the
 next, it might translate into a ravenous appetite. If the horses ate more
 oats/sweet than usual
 they might have had a higher insulin peak than usual, resulting in a
 glucose overshoot, stimulating
 the ravenous appetite. Purely conjecture on my part, >>


Yes, purely conjecture. In actual practice, the duration of the glucose curve 
using carbocharge or grain is the same. Both peak at two hours. Bot apprach 
100 at 4 hours. Both experience a little bump upwards at 4 hours, then settle 
to fasted levels at 6 hours.

ti


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