APPLE LYTES™ POWDER 2.5kg

Competition

Restoring lost electrolytes after exercise

Apple Lytes™ powder is carefully formulated to replace essential electrolytes and encourage drinking to help prevent dehydration and maintain peak performance throughout the season.
Apple Lytes™ is very tasty and should be mixed with Food. Clean fresh water should always be available.
An increase in body temperature, whether due to exercise, travel, or environmental heat, will cause horses to sweat. This sweating process helps the horse cool its body and regulate its temperature.

Sweating causes fluid loss, along with loss of body salts or electrolytes, which are found in sweat.
The important electrolytes are sodium, chloride, potassium, calcium, and magnesium, and they play a key role in the body, especially in muscle contraction, the nervous system, and maintaining fluid balance around cells.

Potassium is usually abundant in the horse's diet, as most feeds such as pastures, hay, and silage are rich in potassium.
Sodium and chloride, however, are found at much lower levels in feeds, and even for lightly working horses, sodium and chloride must be provided daily.
Most compound feeds such as cubes and mixes provide some sodium and chloride in the form of salt, but if inputs are low, this may not be sufficient, and additional electrolytes will be needed. Similarly, hard-working horses, especially in hot or humid conditions, will lose larger amounts of electrolytes and water in sweat. There is often not enough in the normal daily feed to compensate for these losses, and additional electrolytes will be needed to replace these losses, encouraging the horse to drink and promoting rehydration, to maintain Health and performance.
Moderately working horses, such as those trotting and cantering, can lose up to 5-7 liters of fluid and 50-70 grams of electrolytes per hour, and this amount will increase with increased work intensity or duration, and even more if the weather is hot and humid!

Therefore, maintaining hydration and restoring lost electrolytes is important not only for elite competition horses but for all horses and foals that sweat after work – from pony club gatherings or long summer rides, to international racers, show jumpers, and dressage horses!
Because horse sweat contains a higher concentration of sodium and chloride compared to other body fluids, it is important to provide additional electrolytes at the correct concentrations to ensure the desire to drink is maintained, so that fluid balance and electrolyte losses can be restored, promoting recovery, and ensuring continued optimal performance.

This is especially important during long-distance travel, or long shows and events, when fatigue will increase, and performance will decline if electrolyte and fluid balance is not restored.

What are the benefits of Apple Lytes?

• Sodium, potassium, and chloride levels are carefully balanced to provide optimal levels to promote drinking and restore electrolyte losses to maintain performance.
• Calcium and magnesium are also available from bioavailable sources.
• Low sugar and suitable for all horses and foals.
• Very tasty, with an appealing apple/cherry flavor, and is easily accepted even by horses that are picky about Food.

Ingredients per 30 gram serving:

Package size: 2.5 kg (80-day supply), also available in 10 kg (330 servings).

Usage instructions: For horses weighing 400-600 kg; light work: 30 grams per day. Heavy exercise or heavy sweating: 60 grams per day. Maximum: 60 grams per day. For foals weighing 300-450 kg; light work: 15 grams per day. Heavy exercise or heavy sweating: 30 grams per day. Maximum: 30 grams per day. Do not exceed recommended inputs except on veterinary advice.