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Chocolate milk may be better than sports drinks for exercise recovery
Yahoooo! ^ | July 12, 2018 | [Reuters] By Lisa Rapaport

Posted on 07/13/2018 8:26:51 AM PDT by Red Badger

Athletes who drink chocolate milk during exercise or after a hard workout may recover just as quickly as they would with sports drinks, a research review suggests.

What people eat and drink during intense exercise and afterward can impact how well their muscles recover and how rapidly their body replaces fluids and electrolytes lost during the workout, previous research has found.

Most studies assessing whether drinks with carbohydrates and electrolytes, or with protein, might aid recovery have been too small to draw firm conclusions about which beverages are the best option, the authors of the new review write in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

For their analysis, the researchers examined data from 12 small studies that compared how chocolate milk influenced several markers of exercise recovery, compared to a placebo beverage or a sports drink.

Athletes did exercise tests - mostly running or cycling - and then researchers looked at recovery markers like how long it takes to become exhausted during workouts, athletes' perceived exertion levels, heart rate and levels of lactic acid and an enzyme known as creatine kinase in the blood - which both rise with intense activity.

Overall, the study found that chocolate milk lengthened time to exhaustion, and improved perceived exertion, heart rate or levels of lactic acid in the blood at least as much other beverages.

"Chocolate milk contains carbohydrates, proteins, fats, flavonoids, electrolytes, and some vitamins which make this drink a good choice for recovery in athletes," said senior study author Dr. Amin Salehi-Abargouei of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in Yazd, Iran.

In some instances, chocolate milk appeared better than alternative drinks, the researchers report.

Time to exhaustion with chocolate milk drinkers was almost 1 minute longer than with nutrition-free placebo beverages and about 6 minutes longer than with sports drinks.

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1 posted on 07/13/2018 8:26:51 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

YESSSSSS!!!!!!

More winning!


2 posted on 07/13/2018 8:28:02 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (Capitalists sign their checks on the front. Socialists sign theirs on the back.)
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To: Red Badger

Too many carbs.


3 posted on 07/13/2018 8:29:59 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Red Badger

A sports doctor told me this 10 or so years ago and it turned out he’s exactly right!


4 posted on 07/13/2018 8:30:06 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: trisham

Isn’t that the point, that after exercise the body is depleted of carbs?

Now granted, if you’re trying to lose body fat, then yes, you might want to avoid it.


5 posted on 07/13/2018 8:31:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger; Army Air Corps; MeganC; beaversmom

All the proof I need.


6 posted on 07/13/2018 8:32:37 AM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: bigbob

Also the protein in the milk means the carbs will be absorbed more slowly than with sports drinks.


7 posted on 07/13/2018 8:32:55 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger
said senior study author Dr. Amin Salehi-Abargouei of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences in Yazd, Iran.

Huh?

8 posted on 07/13/2018 8:33:06 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger

Also good for time warps. MNB 3


9 posted on 07/13/2018 8:33:40 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: dfwgator

I avoid sugar as much as possible.


10 posted on 07/13/2018 8:34:40 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Red Badger

Beer has carbs, just sayin’.


11 posted on 07/13/2018 8:34:41 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

It was true in Kindergarten and equally true today.


12 posted on 07/13/2018 8:35:01 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: dfwgator

It has electrolytes!....................


13 posted on 07/13/2018 8:37:25 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: trisham

We do, too.


14 posted on 07/13/2018 8:38:01 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

:)


15 posted on 07/13/2018 8:38:42 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

Sugar is fine. It’s High Fructose Corn Syrup you need to avoid...................

A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain

https://www.princeton.edu/news/2010/03/22/sweet-problem-princeton-researchers-find-high-fructose-corn-syrup-prompts


16 posted on 07/13/2018 8:39:16 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: ConservativeMind

https://www.princeton.edu/news/2010/03/22/sweet-problem-princeton-researchers-find-high-fructose-corn-syrup-prompts


17 posted on 07/13/2018 8:39:45 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: Red Badger

18 posted on 07/13/2018 8:39:54 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

You need carbohydrates for fuel. But the nutrition pyramid is upside down.

Pritkin was correct.


19 posted on 07/13/2018 8:42:37 AM PDT by ChiMark (America America)
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To: Red Badger

bfl


20 posted on 07/13/2018 8:42:39 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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