calcium/phosphorous
Gwen Dluehosh (dluehosh@vt.edu)
Thu, 09 Jan 1997 21:52:18 +0500
>AS far as electrolytes go, it wouldn't be a probelm unlessthe horse was
dehydrated...
>and the impression I got from our nutrition class is that most feeds are
overkill on a lot of things these days anyway, to meet criteria for USDA I
believe....
>I agree eating excessively is not good to balance, but don't feel it would
be a rpoblem with e'lytes with access to adequate water - esp since we are
using a LOT of those e'lytes during competition anyway...
>I haven't seen a horse pulled becasue he was balanced though high on
nutrients... I have seen them pulled for elyte imbalances though...
>
>>My example was meant to illustrate that "balancing" anything by eating
>>excessive everything is not good nutrition. This applies to minerals as
>>well as carbos, fats, etc.
>
>>Slightly excessive Ca is fine and certainly better than deficient, but
>>"slightly high" is a different thing from grossly excessive, doncha
>>think? :->
>Depends on what you think excessive is...and what has actually been tested...
>I know we can have problems with Selenium, but Ca and P are much more
important in the grand scheme of things IMHO than Se....( I am NOT saying
that Se is not important... )
>
>Lots of people take magadoses of vitamins and I don't see them keeling over...
>ANyway, just my point of view here...
>Gwen
>
Gwen Dluehosh
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