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> But some folks are telling me that I'm setting him up for >cardiovascular
problems because the dry fat is >hydrogenated.  Is this really an issue?

> Cindy
No, it's not.  The issue of cardiovascular disease in humans has more to do
with trans fatty acids and saturation, along with a variety of poor life
style choices and the fact that humans live a whole lot longer than the
average horse does.

So when you feed vegetable fat from any source, saturation and hydrogenation
isn't an issue, but oxidation and rancidity is.  I'm not familiar with the
procesing of the veggie-based dry fat, but any polyunsaturated fat source
can still become rancid over time.  My suggestion would be to keep it in a
cool, dark place as much as possible and supplement with some extra vitamin
e.  Some regular time spent grazing is also good, too---tons and tons of
great antioxidents in there for free (well, if you don't count the cost of
having to get the pasture in the first place...<g>)

Susan G



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