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<< I don't understand this thing about feeding HONEY. I have always heard
that you shouldn't feed simple sugars just before or during the ride.
ie: don't use the electrolytes that have sucrose as a base. Don't feed
stuff with molasses in it, etc. Are these suspected links to tie-up
just superstition?
>>
Fast-acting sugars are useful in order to keep blood glucose on an even
keel--you don't want to compete, at any time, with a low blood sugar. As far
as tying up is concerned, one of you and two racehorse people have reported
that horses well into the tying up syndrome (several days of tying up) have
been "cured" of the problem by an evening 4 oz dose of either simple sugars
or long-chained sugars. The samples we passed out all contained chromium.
that's three-rat research, but useful informaiton.
There can be a problem with sugar feeding, especially short-chain sugars. If
you aren't immediately going back to work, or if you haven't done much work,
then these will cause a big quick rise in blood sugar followed by equally
rapid drops. Typical peak is at two hours, but some horses peak in half an
hour. The high numbers are ok for performance purposes, but the rapid drop
and make the horse sleepy or, in extreme cases, shocky.
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