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Truman ,

I am not involved in any marathon or ironmen activities here nor have input 
on what these 'crazy 'guys do but endurance guys here ride the whole day and 
none ever give thought to 'electrolyting oneself' apart from probably 
gulping the occasional can of isotonic solution like '100 plus' etc etc not 
on a concious level to EL but rather as a drink of choice .At the specie 
level I think if I am not mistaken we lose EL' isotonically' unlike in 
horses where potasium loss is heightened ie higher than horse plasma level [ 
Heidi ,I stand corrected here ]
Even in the tropics ,plain water is everything ,at the 'practical' level at 
least  to overcome dehydration.None of us here doing endurance [and our ride 
used to be very  long drawn out affairs until we introduce evening affairs 
,24 hours kind of thing from  from midnight till dusk] ever thought we need 
EL supplementation .We are not 'scientific' but we survive ok .But when come 
to our horses,thanks to Nancy Loving  Nina Warren et al we follow you guys 
,but now we have to rethink
Was reading 'bananas' yeaterday .Very high in potasium  and very nice for 
human and horses .Could be a kinder EL of sort and act as Tom Iver's CHO 
Loader .Cheaper and natural as well .Another spanner in the engine Truman !

Nik

> From: Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Nik Isahak Abdullah <drnikisahak@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RC]   RC: Electrolyte Use
> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:25:52 -0500
>
> Nik,
>
> In humans how much of our base electrolytes can we lose before medical 
> problems sit in? I know this is not 1-1 since there are some species 
> difference between horses and humans particularly when it comes to 
> potassium. But the critical levels would I think be comparable.
>
> Truman
>
> Nik Isahak Abdullah wrote:
> > Jay ,
> > That 40 to 60 gram preload you are referring to probably refers to the 
> > whole weight of the EL content plus the base ??Sounds very substantial to 
> > me .
> >
> > Nik
> >
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