Chocolate Milk as a Sporst recovery drink?
tom...@msn.com
use of Chocolate Milk for post race recovery. It looks interesting. You
can bet I'll be doing followup on the research at IU, by the way and
prepping an article on this subject in the near future. Here's your
excuse to drink chocolate milk!
>From the IU Website: http://newsinfo.iu.edu/tips/page/normal/1674.html
Health tips from Indiana University
EDITORS:This is a monthly tip sheet based on Indiana University faculty
research, teaching and service. "Living Well Through Healthy
Lifestyles" is the guiding philosophy of IU Bloomington's School of
Health, Physical Education and Recreation. In keeping with that
philosophy, this tip sheet offers information related to both physical
and mental well-being. Faculty from other IU schools and departments
also contribute their expertise in this area.
This month's tips discuss chocolate milk as an ideal exercise recovery
drink, a fall outdoor educational activity, the importance of
minimizing the negative impact of divorce on children, and stress
related to cigarette smoking.
Chocolate milk is good for exhausted muscles. Indiana University
Bloomington physiologist Joel Stager has found that drinking chocolate
milk is one of the best things an athlete can do to recover shortly
after a rigorous practice. Chocolate milk, as opposed to white milk,
has a high carbohydrate and protein content, ideal for exhausted
muscles. It also replaces fluids lost as sweat during workouts. Stager
is a professor in the Department of Kinesiology in IUB's School of
Health, Physical Education and Recreation and is the director of the
Counsilman Center for the Science of Swimming. Stager also coaches
swimmers. He first tested his "recovery by chocolate milk" theory
several years ago on his swimmers, who had been struggling with their
twice-a-day practices. The results were so promising that he and his
doctoral students, led by Jason Karp, conducted a study involving
cyclists in a more controlled environment. The chocolate milk proved to
be just as effective a recovery product as one commercial sports drink
and almost twice as effective as another commercial sports drink.
Stager said chocolate milk would be particularly helpful for athletes
such as swimmers, long-distance runners and cyclists enduring long or
intense practices, and for other athletes who practice more than once a
day. An athlete of average weight could drink around two 8-ounce
glasses of chocolate milk each hour for four to six hours following a
rigorous workout, according to research-based recommendations for
maximum recovery. Stager added that milkshakes are a good alternative
for athletes who don't like chocolate milk. The research was funded by
Dairy and Nutrition Council Inc. For more information, contact Stager
at 812-855-1637 and sta...@indiana.edu and Karp at 812-332-3653 and
run...@indiana.edu.
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