I made this a new thread because I did not want to continue to hijack the other one with the actual chicken injury in it. This is the question about ACV being a good, mild "electrolyte" for injured birds.
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Where are you getting your info about 73 mg of potassium per 100 g of ACV? Is that from the bottle? If so, which brand do you have, is it Bragg's Organic or "plain"?
I don't know a lot about ACV specifically other than the "vinegar" part is acetic acid, which is not an electrolyte and not a source of potassium. But the "apple cider" part very well could be for all I know. However, my bottle of ACV does not have this info in the nutrition information section.
This would be really good to know, particularly for after a baking soda flush of a sour crop (for example) because the bird might have excess sodium in its system, and a little potassium for balance would be a good thing!
So I guess the question is this: Is this potassium information true only for Bragg's Organic ACV or ACV in general? Or a different specific brand of Organic ACV? Important to know as someone trying to give some ACV water to a bird thinking there is a bit of "electrolyte" in there might be mistaken if it's ONLY the Bragg's Organic and that's not what they have...
I just wrote all this out and then thought DUH - I can probably find nutrition info for this on this faboo Internet-thingy. I found Braggs and the nutrition information is here:
http://www.thedailyplate.com/nutrition-calories/food/bragg/raw-unfiltered-apple-cider-vinegar
(hope the link works, if not I think you can copy/paste - I've never put a link on here before)
Don't see any potassium...
I don't want to argue with anyone, but misinformation is sort of a pet peeve of mine. threehorses, if you are out there, can you confirm where you got your potassium info from? Do you have another brand of ACV that you are looking at? THANKS!
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Where are you getting your info about 73 mg of potassium per 100 g of ACV? Is that from the bottle? If so, which brand do you have, is it Bragg's Organic or "plain"?
I don't know a lot about ACV specifically other than the "vinegar" part is acetic acid, which is not an electrolyte and not a source of potassium. But the "apple cider" part very well could be for all I know. However, my bottle of ACV does not have this info in the nutrition information section.
This would be really good to know, particularly for after a baking soda flush of a sour crop (for example) because the bird might have excess sodium in its system, and a little potassium for balance would be a good thing!
So I guess the question is this: Is this potassium information true only for Bragg's Organic ACV or ACV in general? Or a different specific brand of Organic ACV? Important to know as someone trying to give some ACV water to a bird thinking there is a bit of "electrolyte" in there might be mistaken if it's ONLY the Bragg's Organic and that's not what they have...
I just wrote all this out and then thought DUH - I can probably find nutrition info for this on this faboo Internet-thingy. I found Braggs and the nutrition information is here:
http://www.thedailyplate.com/nutrition-calories/food/bragg/raw-unfiltered-apple-cider-vinegar
(hope the link works, if not I think you can copy/paste - I've never put a link on here before)
Don't see any potassium...
I don't want to argue with anyone, but misinformation is sort of a pet peeve of mine. threehorses, if you are out there, can you confirm where you got your potassium info from? Do you have another brand of ACV that you are looking at? THANKS!
