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The next time you finish a rigorous exercise, you might want to take into account a surprising new sports drink to help refuel tired muscle tissues: chocolate milk. A recent study, published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercising (1), reports that athletes who drank chocolate milk soon after an intense bout of exercise have been able to exercise longer and with much more energy during a second workout compared to athletes who drank industrial sports beverages.

The researchers of the study indicate that chocolate milk is a robust option to other commercial sports drinks in assisting athletes recover from strenuous, power-depleting physical exercise. Researcher Joel M. Stager, PhD, professor of kinesiology at Indiana University states that "Chocolate milk contains an optimal carbohydrate to protein ratio, which is vital for helping refuel tired muscles soon after strenuous workout and can allow athletes to exercising at a higher intensity during subsequent workouts."

Stager and colleagues had nine cyclists bike until their muscle tissues had been depleted of energy, rest 4 hours, then bike again until exhaustion, three separate instances. For the duration of the rest period, the cyclists drank a single of 3 beverages:

1) low-fat chocolate milk

two) a classic fluid replacement sports drink

three) a carbohydrate replacement sports drink

During the second round of physical exercise, the researchers identified that cyclists who drank chocolate milk throughout the rest period have been in a position to bike almost twice as extended before reaching exhaustion than these who consumed the carbohydrate replacement drink, and as lengthy as those who consumed the fluid replacement drink.

Researchers theorize that the combination of carbohydrates and protein found in chocolate milk is what helped improve the cyclists' overall performance and recommend that flavored milk could be an optimal beverage for refueling muscles after workout. The researchers also note that chocolate milk is a wonderful-tasting and expense-efficient alternative to several sports drinks.

In addition to its excellent mixture of carbohydrates and protein, flavored milk includes seven other vital nutrients that are critical for an athlete's health - such as bone-constructing calcium. No other sports drink includes the nutrient package found in flavored milk.

This study suggests, as well as several other folks ahead of it, that a mixture of carbohydrate and protein is far more advantageous to athletes than just carbohydrate alone in the post-exercise meal or supplement. This study takes it a single step further by identifying a food product - chocolate milk - that is straightforward to get, low-cost, and tastes great.

Confirming these results was a study by Dr. Janet Walberg-Rankin and co-workers at Virginia Tech (two). This study compared physique composition and muscle function responses to resistance coaching in males who consumed a carb drink (Gatorade) or chocolate milk following each and every coaching session. Chocolate milk consumption quickly following every exercise tended to increase lean body mass and bodyweight compared to supplementation with carbs. This study clearly shows that carbs-only post-exercising beverages dont cut it.

The one factor you want to keep nevertheless is that you want to select a non-fat or skim chocolate milk. Forty-eight percent of the calories in entire milk come from fat 33 % of the calories in 2% milk come from fat 20 % of the calories in 1% milk come from fat, and percent of the calories from skim milk come from fat. So, when reaching for chocolate milk as your post-workout recovery drink of choice, pick the non-fat version.

Nevertheless, if youre not a fan of chocolate milk post-exercise then you can opt for a sports drink with effortlessly absorbable proteins such as hydrolysates. In regards to your post-workout drink, the presence of easily absorbable proteins along with basic carbohydrates seems to be the most efficient decision.

2006 Yuri Elkaim, BPHE, CK.

(1) Karp, Jason R. Johnston, Jeanne D. Tecklenburg, Sandy Mickleborough, Tim Fly, Alyce Stager, Joel M (2004). The Efficacy of Chocolate Milk as a Recovery Help. Medicine & Science in Sports & Workout. 36(five) Supplement:S126.

(two) Rankin-Walberg J, Goldman LP, Puglisi MJ et al. (2004). Impact of post-physical exercise supplement consumption on adaptations to resistance education. J Am Coll Nutr,23:322-330.