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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Chocolate milk does not contain the electrolytes that plants crave
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“Sports drinks” are worthless crap!
Just ordinary raw whole milk would be the best choice, and no chocolate is necessary.
Just do not consume “low fat” milk, or skim milk.
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If I drink milk I become jet powered. Just don’t walk into my wake.
Neither is beneficial for someone with diabetes. After my husband struggled with type 2 for years, I realized that it was unrealistic to expect him to go it alone and joined him in going low-carb. He’s lost over 60 pounds since then and his blood sugar level is normal. It’s such a relief and worth giving up sugar and starch.
I do treadmill and weight work and have found that the first 15 to 20 minutes are challenging, but then I’m fine.
Sweet! I’m a chocolate milkaholic!
Great for hangovers too. Don’t ask how I know.
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All added sugar is bad news.
Especially the high fructose corn syrup, which is a dangerous neurotoxin.
The lactose in whole raw milk is healthy, but not if it has been heated as in pasteurization, in which case it has become as hard for the body to deal with as any other processed sugar.
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Looks like it!
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Noted and recorded!
That’s interesting. Thanks!
A Urologist says that Gatorade, and all the Gatorade like drinks is the worse thing you can drink for your kidneys.
My wife got similar advice and has turned out to be correct.
Good to know...
It was found that holocaust camp survivors responded best to skim milk.
Milk, the drink of choice for Barnaby Jones.
A favorite show.
I drink whole milk.
I buy that, completely.
Mrs WBill went on an Anti-HFCS kick some time ago. I said, "Whatever".
I gradually noticed that I was eating less, because I was less hungry. Filled up more quickly - where two PB&J's for lunch were a norm, suddenly one was fine. Weight loss followed.
So - I'm sold, and I look closely at ingredients now. What surprised me was what had HFCS in it. Soda? Sure, makes sense. But Pickles? Ketchup?
Oooooooh!!! He said “chocolate”....yummmmmmmmmm!!!!
The Corn Lobby has done well.................
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You’re showing your age!
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