Originally Posted by
porksoap
What amazes me are Google 'Doctors" who are too lazy to even read what they have posted.
"More work will need to be done to demonstrate that this phenomenon is true for living animals as well as for cells in a dish—and then to demonstrate it in humans"
That collective experience that you are embracing so warmly brought us a flat earth, evil humors, etc., etc.
"Veterinarians are more expensive than bicycle mechanics."
It's a wonder how horses survived the rain, and being wet, for all those millions of years without Vet care.
i have a teeny bit of experience with horses. In the summer, usually you just use a sweat scraper to wipe off moisture on the surface of their coats; they're still essentially "wet" underneath. In the winter, after a long ride, there really ain't no way you are going to "dry" a horse because their coats are just incredibly thick (and they grow thicker the colder it gets). Of course, you avoid riding them hell-bent--like some Hero out of a Romance novel--back to the paddock, only to put them away sweaty and hot so that you can forthwith go make love to your Heroine; no, you cool them down in the same way you, yourself, cool down after a great exertion on the bike. We never blanketed our horses, either. And they were fine in even the coldest temps.
Bikes? Depends. My MTB I wipe down (dry with an old rag); road, less often.