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Re: [RC] [RC] Won't hurt? - k s swigartFrom: "Kathie Ford" <mspooh17@xxxxxxx> I spoke to Barney Fleming directly about this. He said BC2A (not BCAA) is a "food source" and you can not over do it at all. It is beneficial. There are plenty of "food sources" that if you overdo them that they are not beneficial at all, and just how much is too much can vary greatly from individual to individual (think sugar). The one study that was posted about L-carnatine said that oral supplementation was observed to double the normal amount of the stuff found in blood analysis. ANYTHING that alters blood chemistry in this dramatic of a way may have some negative (and unpredictable) effects. These effects may not be noticed, or they may not be noticed for a long time. It is not beyond the realm of possibility that oral supplementation with a substance that is not normally found in horse feed (I think the study also said that it is an animal protein not a plant protein) since horses are not carnivores shouldn't be described as a "food source" at all with respect to horses. And since horses are able to synthesize the amount of this stuff in the amounts that they normally need, it COULD be that oral supplementation with it may interfere with the long term ability of the horse to do this properly. I don't know if this is the case. I am willing to bet that nobody knows. But if anybody has done studies on the effects on blood chemistry associated with long term oral supplementation with L-carnatine I am all ears. If anybody has done any tracking to see if doubling the amount of L-carnatine associated with oral supplementation has no effect on any other parameter within the horse (like assorption or synthesization of other proteins or minerals), I am all ears on that too. However, to assume that there is no effect besides doubling the amount of L-carnatine in the blood stream and/or that doing so can only be good is a major assumption. I am not saying "don't use it." I am just saying don't fall into the trap of thinking in advance that you might as well give it (and here, by "it" I mean any purported beneficial supplement/feed) a try because it "won't hurt." If something has an effect, it can have a negative effect, and it is wise to take this into consideration before "giving it a try." The only way to know for sure that it won't hurt is if you know that it can't under any circumstances hurt. And the only way to know this for sure is to know that it has no effects at all (in which case, the only effect is the negative one on your pocket book). To hear a report that a vet has said, in essence, you can't over do it because it is just food, is a little disquieting. It is possible to over do almost any "food." kat Orange County, Calif. :) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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