Re: Nutrition again

Tivers@aol.com
Fri, 20 Dec 1996 00:59:20 -0500

In a message dated 96-12-19 18:11:15 EST, you write:
Susan:
<< I guess I'm just not very quick to throw out research simply because it
is more than ten years old. The work is statistically viable and was
published in a refereed journal, meaning it was picked apart ad
infinitum in it's Materials & Methods and analytical design before it
was approved for publication.

What I meant was that this particular observation has since been deemed
irrelevant. It's been shown that glycogen loading is effective in all
athletes.

>You commented yourself in earlier
discussions that you thought a horse's "body condition score" was
affected by water retention and increased glycogen stores. In fact,
body condition scoring has nothing to do with muscle fitness, but if a
muscle is looking "fuller" due to glycogen stores, I would think it
would be pretty easy to assume a higher level of fitness than may
actually be present. >>

I don't think I mentioned "body condition score" because it is a measurement
I'm not familar with. It also doesn't sound like a very accurate way to
measure fitness.

ti