Honestly, I trust the people making horse electrolytes more than I trust the FDA anyway. You don’t want to piss off horse people, and the FDA has always been more of a corporate liability shield than a safety agency.
Of course, you’d still have to pay attention to the ingredients and take a small enough amount so you aren’t getting too much of anything, but that would just make it last longer.
Like it states in the fact check article, it can be toxic for humans.
Horses are herbivores, humans omnovores. The stomachs of horses are different to ours. That means there could be certain ingredients which were prepared differently for horses so they are toxic for us, as we lack the ability to digest it the same way as a horse. Like soy for example. The soy used for animal food is toxic for us. The soy used for human consumption is different, of a much higher quality. We can’t digest all soy types properly while herbivores can.
Another example: horses can eat everything they eat raw. We humans can’t. We need to cook many things otherwise they are toxic (like eggplant) or they are very hard to digest. Horses can eat grass, we really shouldn’t because we can’t digest it properly.
Conclusion: don’t use products made for animals (food and medicine) even though the ingredients might look safe while they can still be toxic due to different quality or preparation. Except dog and cat food in the US. Both of those are also safe for humans, as people during crisis or extreme poor people tend to eat that so both of those are also brought to FDA standards. But yes, as a European I can agree with you those standards are complete shit. Many FDA safe foods in the US are considered toxic here and aren’t allowed on our market.
That link absolutely does not say it’s toxic. It says the FDA doesn’t check if it is or isn’t toxic for humans. That’s not the same thing.
It’s electrolytes dissolved in water. They’re not adding anything dangerous to that. It would just be a waste of money. Yes, you generally shouldn’t eat animal foods unless you know exactly what you are doing, and you definitely shouldn’t take animal medications, but holy crap, you can be too paranoid.
A nutritionist told Lead Stories that people should not take animal supplements or medications without medical advice since the products could be toxic for humans.
So indeed it did not state it “is” toxic, nor did I claim it to be.
It’s electrolytes dissolved in water. They’re not adding anything dangerous to that.
Can you support your claim? Do you have the listed ingredients?
Also, what electrolytes were used? Do you know what they are?
Wikipedia:
An electrolyte is a substance that conducts electricity through the movement of ions, but not through the movement of electrons. This includes most soluble salts, acids, and bases, dissolved in a polar solvent like water.
Not all salts, acids and bases are safe for human consumption while they could be for horses.
I’m guessing anything that provides electrolytes to horses probably has an absurb amount of potassium in it which is usually only put into human drinks in limited amounts cause it can be lethal. I read a story of some dude who drank 8 coconut waters while playing basketball, passed out, and his blood pressure at the ER was 65 over 40.
So what you’re telling me is that being tricked into eating a dog treat really isn’t that big of a deal and in fact! relates to the poverty stricken parts of society and the struggles of class warfare so they really just need to get over the whole incident?
Honestly, I trust the people making horse electrolytes more than I trust the FDA anyway. You don’t want to piss off horse people, and the FDA has always been more of a corporate liability shield than a safety agency.
Of course, you’d still have to pay attention to the ingredients and take a small enough amount so you aren’t getting too much of anything, but that would just make it last longer.
Like it states in the fact check article, it can be toxic for humans.
Horses are herbivores, humans omnovores. The stomachs of horses are different to ours. That means there could be certain ingredients which were prepared differently for horses so they are toxic for us, as we lack the ability to digest it the same way as a horse. Like soy for example. The soy used for animal food is toxic for us. The soy used for human consumption is different, of a much higher quality. We can’t digest all soy types properly while herbivores can.
Another example: horses can eat everything they eat raw. We humans can’t. We need to cook many things otherwise they are toxic (like eggplant) or they are very hard to digest. Horses can eat grass, we really shouldn’t because we can’t digest it properly.
Conclusion: don’t use products made for animals (food and medicine) even though the ingredients might look safe while they can still be toxic due to different quality or preparation. Except dog and cat food in the US. Both of those are also safe for humans, as people during crisis or extreme poor people tend to eat that so both of those are also brought to FDA standards. But yes, as a European I can agree with you those standards are complete shit. Many FDA safe foods in the US are considered toxic here and aren’t allowed on our market.
That link absolutely does not say it’s toxic. It says the FDA doesn’t check if it is or isn’t toxic for humans. That’s not the same thing.
It’s electrolytes dissolved in water. They’re not adding anything dangerous to that. It would just be a waste of money. Yes, you generally shouldn’t eat animal foods unless you know exactly what you are doing, and you definitely shouldn’t take animal medications, but holy crap, you can be too paranoid.
I said the article states it “can” be toxic.
The article:
So indeed it did not state it “is” toxic, nor did I claim it to be.
Can you support your claim? Do you have the listed ingredients?
Also, what electrolytes were used? Do you know what they are?
Wikipedia:
Not all salts, acids and bases are safe for human consumption while they could be for horses.
I’m guessing anything that provides electrolytes to horses probably has an absurb amount of potassium in it which is usually only put into human drinks in limited amounts cause it can be lethal. I read a story of some dude who drank 8 coconut waters while playing basketball, passed out, and his blood pressure at the ER was 65 over 40.
So what you’re telling me is that being tricked into eating a dog treat really isn’t that big of a deal and in fact! relates to the poverty stricken parts of society and the struggles of class warfare so they really just need to get over the whole incident?
What happened?
I was not telling you that