This may shed some light on Baked Beans for Racing Greyhounds

The Nutrition of Baked Beans
Fitday Editor Nutrition Healthy Eating
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Baked beans have been a family favorite for a great number of years. They come in many flavors and go well with barbecued foods such as hot dogs or burgers. Made with wholesome beans and a thick sauce, they provide a hearty side dish. Although people eat them all over the United States, the nutrition they offer is something no one talks about. Here's a breakdown on a barbecue's favorite friend and why they and any bean packs a nutritious punch.
Different Varieties
Baked beans come in a small number of delicious flavors. They've become more than the plain variety with a piece of pork in the can. Now you can enjoy them in honey, barbecue, and maple brown sugar flavors. This encourages children to eat them as well by adding more taste and texture.
Fiber Benefits
Beans are an excellent source of fiber. Fiber keeps your intestines working properly by warding off constipation. A good number of people stay away from beans due to the gas they experience. Gas occurs after the bacteria in the bowels digest fiber. It's a byproduct of the digested fiber and relieves itself after you eliminate your bowels. If gas becomes a big problem when eating foods containing fiber, cut back on the amount and this usually solves the gas problem.
Lowers Cholesterol
Beans lower cholesterol levels due to the fiber found in them. Studies show that eating beans up to four times a week lowers the risk of heart disease and cholesterol.
High in Protein
The building blocks of muscles begin with protein. This important nutrient is needed to promote healthy muscle tissue that not only helps you get strong, but increases energy. When you have more energy, you can work out longer. Protein also promotes strong hair and nails. Beans are often said to be the poor man's meat, but the amount of protein in them provides a wealth of health benefits.
Vitamin and Mineral Content
Baked and other types of beans contain folic acid, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium and vitamin B6. Folic acid is excellent for pregnant or child-bearing women. Iron helps promote healthy blood cell production. Vitamin B6 helps with metabolism and potassium regulates fluids in the body. Manganese is important for your bones, the thyroid, sexual health and the metabolism of food. Magnesium is necessary for bone formation and cell function. It also keeps the heart functioning properly and lowers cholesterol.
Antioxidants
Beans have strong antioxidants that fight free radicals in the body. Free radicals increase your chances of illness, aging and cancer. Studies conducted by the USDA reveal that beans have high antioxidant levels. The small red bean varieties have the highest benefits. Most baked beans are made with haricot, pinto and kidney. Both kidney and pinto beans rank high in antioxidants.
Diet
If you're on a high fiber or protein diet, beans are the healthiest way to incorporate these nutrients. They're better for the body and provide more vitamins and minerals than red meats. When you're having a barbecue or just looking for a side dish, don't forget the baked beans.

Carole
This may shed some light on Baked Beans for Racing Greyhounds

The Nutrition of Baked Beans
Fitday Editor Nutrition Healthy Eating
baked beans_000016824041_Small.jpg
Baked beans have been a family favorite for a great number of years. They come in many flavors and go well with barbecued foods such as hot dogs or burgers. Made with wholesome beans and a thick sauce, they provide a hearty side dish. Although people eat them all over the United States, the nutrition they offer is something no one talks about. Here's a breakdown on a barbecue's favorite friend and why they and any bean packs a nutritious punch.
Different Varieties
Baked beans come in a small number of delicious flavors. They've become more than the plain variety with a piece of pork in the can. Now you can enjoy them in honey, barbecue, and maple brown sugar flavors. This encourages children to eat them as well by adding more taste and texture.
Fiber Benefits
Beans are an excellent source of fiber. Fiber keeps your intestines working properly by warding off constipation. A good number of people stay away from beans due to the gas they experience. Gas occurs after the bacteria in the bowels digest fiber. It's a byproduct of the digested fiber and relieves itself after you eliminate your bowels. If gas becomes a big problem when eating foods containing fiber, cut back on the amount and this usually solves the gas problem.
Lowers Cholesterol
Beans lower cholesterol levels due to the fiber found in them. Studies show that eating beans up to four times a week lowers the risk of heart disease and cholesterol.
High in Protein
The building blocks of muscles begin with protein. This important nutrient is needed to promote healthy muscle tissue that not only helps you get strong, but increases energy. When you have more energy, you can work out longer. Protein also promotes strong hair and nails. Beans are often said to be the poor man's meat, but the amount of protein in them provides a wealth of health benefits.
Vitamin and Mineral Content
Baked and other types of beans contain folic acid, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium and vitamin B6. Folic acid is excellent for pregnant or child-bearing women. Iron helps promote healthy blood cell production. Vitamin B6 helps with metabolism and potassium regulates fluids in the body. Manganese is important for your bones, the thyroid, sexual health and the metabolism of food. Magnesium is necessary for bone formation and cell function. It also keeps the heart functioning properly and lowers cholesterol.
Antioxidants
Beans have strong antioxidants that fight free radicals in the body. Free radicals increase your chances of illness, aging and cancer. Studies conducted by the USDA reveal that beans have high antioxidant levels. The small red bean varieties have the highest benefits. Most baked beans are made with haricot, pinto and kidney. Both kidney and pinto beans rank high in antioxidants.
Diet
If you're on a high fiber or protein diet, beans are the healthiest way to incorporate these nutrients. They're better for the body and provide more vitamins and minerals than red meats. When you're having a barbecue or just looking for a side dish, don't forget the baked beans.

Laurence
The composition of a single body cell
This demonstrates what it takes for the body to function
Supplementation is generally to contribute 25% of the daily requirement - This assumes the diet is contributing the other 75%.
This is more often than not - not the case.

A Domestic dog or Show dog can get by on a deficient diet for so long - A Greyhound Athlete will be found out after a short period.
This can be career ending for the Greyhound.
A top breeder once told me it costs him at least $4000 to get a pup from the mating - Birth - to the track.
This being the case it makes sense that the low cost of a quality Diets and Supplements are the Insurance Policy to giving the Greyhound Athlete its best chance to perform to the best of its ability.

This link demonstrates the composition of a Single Body Cell.

EXTERNAL LINK

Vitamins, Minerals, Amino Acids
When thinking of a balanced diet, you may think of a diet rich in Whole grain, Fruit and Vegetable, Water. The basic building blocks of nutrition are Vitamins, Minerals, Amino Acids -- three vital components of the food Canine eat.

Balanced diets are rich in these vital nutrients, obtained from a variety of food sources. Some foods are empty in caloric content. Sugar for instance, the harm that the empty calories can have on the body overrides the benefits the nutrients provide.

Vitamins

Vitamins play a vital role within the Canine body and are required for many bodily functions that occurs. Several vitamins are essential for life itself, others are required to maintain good health, control disease, and promote various functions within the body.

There are 13 primary vitamins and each vitamin is categorized as either water soluble or fat soluble. Water soluble vitamins (B vitamins and C) are stored in the body for a brief period of time and eliminated through the kidneys (in the form of urine). For this reason, water soluble vitamins must be consumed from either food or a vitamin supplement on a daily basis.

On the other hand, fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) are absorbed in the intestines (as is fat), moved into circulation via the lymphatic system, and stored within the liver. Vitamins include:
vitamins, minerals, and amino acids Vitamin A
Vitamin B1
Vitamin B2
Vitamin B3
Vitamin B5
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B7
Vitamin B9
Vitamin B12
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Vitamin E
Vitamin K

There is a separate thread for Minerals

But I'll stick to the high fat, high protein, grain free "kibble" and buffalo meat thanks. My dogs look fantastic, are consistent, never shit in the kennels, race every Sunday week in week out and they pay their way... not bad for a mixed bag of giveaways and $500 rejects from southern states.

The most I have paid for a dog is $1,500 and she paid for herself in 5 starts with 2 wins and 2 2nds... in Darwin. The only reason I paid such an extraordinarily high price for her is because she is a litter sister of one of the best dogs to race in Australia in the last 12 months.

My dogs don't suffer cramps, they recover fast from runs, they race every sunday every week of the year... and nobody checks them for injuries. No vets (too expensive) no witch Drs, not even myself (bad back, and besides, I'm plain bloody lazy at my age). If they look unsound, they get a few weeks off.

The best advice I got while learning this game came from old mate Max Wintle...
... "Work your dogs hard, feed them what they need and keep away from witch doctors (muscle men etc)".