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At 02:35 PM 3/18/2006, Diane Trefethen wrote:
> This and numerous other sites show clearly that dry processing 
> (rolling/crimping) of grains improves their digestibility, sometimes 
> substantially.

Digestibility and nutritional delivery are not necessarily the same.

Enzymes, which are critical to digestion and health, are present only 
in *living* cells.  Seeds are dormant, but still 
living.  Rolled/crimped seeds have been "killed" and any enzyme 
component would also be destroyed.

Many vitamins in food are destroyed by exposure to light and air 
(oxidation), including Ascorbic Acid,  Carotenoids, B12, folic acid, 
Vitamins  E, A, D and K.  Rolling/crimping would definitely destroy 
vitamins due to oxidation; I don't know how susceptible these 
vitamins are to light, but over time light would have its negative effect.

Horses (and all living critters) need both digestibility and 
nutrition - but there's no point in being able to digest empty nutrition.


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Southwest Center for Resource Analysis
Western New Mexico University
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