So, I’m sure this is a bad idea. But can anyone tell me exactly why? Years ago, in a desperate situation, a doctor told us to get antibiotics for fish and use them, and we had to do that a few times. Some animal products are identical or nearly identical to human products, some are quite different…
With this in particular, how is it different, and why is it bad?
But basically, the electrolyte balance that’s healthy for a horse is quite a lot higher than what is healthy for a human (due to body mass differences, among other things). The magnesium in the horse electrolyte is actually over the lethal dose for a human if taken as written. You could theoretically take it and be fine if you calculate the proper dose yourself, but by that point you’re better off just buying human products, I guess.
EDIT: I was thinking of manganese, not magnesium, but that’s 1500% of the daily intake, not necessarily lethal dose. Sodium, though, is over the lethal dose.
I don’t know about this product specifically, but in general, animal food products are not regulated as much as food for people. This means it may not be as safe.
And almost no other countries are victims of regulatory capture to the degree that the US is.
That seems hard to believe, considering stuff like the “banana republic” thing - surely, the country that gets couped for the purpose of economic exploitation by a foreign power is captured more thoroughly than a country that had at least somewhat democratic institutions?
You’d think so, but guess what country the corporations couping with impunity is almost invariably from?
Past the propaganda, the institutions of the US aren’t actually that democratic. They’ve mostly been designed by and for the rich and powerful from the beginning but especially since the rise of Neoliberalism in the late 70s.
So, I’m sure this is a bad idea. But can anyone tell me exactly why? Years ago, in a desperate situation, a doctor told us to get antibiotics for fish and use them, and we had to do that a few times. Some animal products are identical or nearly identical to human products, some are quite different…
With this in particular, how is it different, and why is it bad?
Chubbyemu explains it best: https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=ifXH86-eIqk
But basically, the electrolyte balance that’s healthy for a horse is quite a lot higher than what is healthy for a human (due to body mass differences, among other things). The magnesium in the horse electrolyte is actually over the lethal dose for a human if taken as written. You could theoretically take it and be fine if you calculate the proper dose yourself, but by that point you’re better off just buying human products, I guess.
EDIT: I was thinking of manganese, not magnesium, but that’s 1500% of the daily intake, not necessarily lethal dose. Sodium, though, is over the lethal dose.
I don’t know about this product specifically, but in general, animal food products are not regulated as much as food for people. This means it may not be as safe.
Depends on the animal and the jurisdiction. As far as I’m aware, dog and especially cat food is more tightly regulated than human food in the US.
Horse food though? Not so much.
And almost no other countries are victims of regulatory capture to the degree that the US is.
That seems hard to believe, considering stuff like the “banana republic” thing - surely, the country that gets couped for the purpose of economic exploitation by a foreign power is captured more thoroughly than a country that had at least somewhat democratic institutions?
You’d think so, but guess what country the corporations couping with impunity is almost invariably from?
Past the propaganda, the institutions of the US aren’t actually that democratic. They’ve mostly been designed by and for the rich and powerful from the beginning but especially since the rise of Neoliberalism in the late 70s.