WHY CHOCOLATE MILK MAY NOT BE THE BEST CHOICE POST WORKOUT

Regardless if your goal is to be stronger, faster or leaner, you know that consistent training and effective recovery are inevitable to achieve any of these results.

As a proponent of a healthy lifestyle, you know that sugar is your worst enemy, and it definitely doesn’t contribute to your athletic recovery.

So the question is, why, would you consume something high in sugar, like chocolate milk post workout?

You know sugar contributes to:

• Fat gain
• It can make you less focused
• It can contribute to inflammation
• It doesn’t help your heart function, which affects your endurance and effectiveness of your recovery.

Yet for some reason, you still consume it after your workouts so again why?

Yes, you may have been told to consume an adequate amount of carbohydrates to refill glycogen stores but why would you think sugar is the answer?

Chocolate milk may be easy to consume, but it is not easy to digest. Yes, it is a carbohydrate, protein and fat source. It provides the building blocks for muscles, and it also contains sodium, potassium and calcium. But again, it contains quite a lot of sugar that, despite the pros, is the biggest and should be the most significant reason for you to question your consumption of any sugary drinks post-workout.

And yes, the inexpensive cost is a plus as well, but wait a minute! Why do you try to be cheap when it comes to your health and athletic recovery? Recovery is the first step, and the most important one to improved performance & health success.

Don’t you think?

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