What should you drink to recover after a training session?
Which nutrients aid recovery and in what quantities should they be consumed?
What kinds of food and drink are ideal for providing these nutrients?
There is no doubt that at least once in your career as an athlete you have asked yourself one of these questions. Perhaps at the end of a particularly tough training session when you really felt “empty”.
The first thing you should know is which nutrients actually aid recovery:
- Carbohydrates to replenish energy
- Proteins for muscular recovery
- Hydrating liquids to replace lost salts and fluids.
Apparently the ideal food for recovery purposes should contain all three ingredients together or, in other words, carbohydrates as fuel, protein for muscular recovery and liquids to replace those that have been lost.
Well, research carried out at Texas University in Austin (USA)*claims to have found the answer after discovering that chocolate milk is the perfect post-training recovery drink.
It is supposed to have two vital characteristics:
1. it helps athletes replace the liquids they have lost during exertion and boosts muscle mass to aid physical recovery.
2. it contains the ideal combination of carbohydrates and proteins that muscles require to…
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