Chocolate Milk - The New Gatorade
Just as periwinkle is the new blue, chocolate milk is the new Gatorade. Sports nutrionists are now saying chocolate milk provides many benefits for endurance athletes. The proteins and carbohydrates found in chocolate milk help athletes maintain their energy levels and recover after events. In fact, a 2006 study in the International Journal of Sports Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism reported that cyclists who were given chocolate milk 30 minutes after a workout recovered more quickly than those who were given a sports drink.
Endurance athletes should drink two or three 8 ounces glasses of chocolate milk after a workout or a race, but everyone can benefit from its bone strengthening and muscle rebuilding properties. I’m off to fill my water bottle with chocolate milk.
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2 opinions for Chocolate Milk - The New Gatorade
Christina
Feb 22, 2007 at 11:04 am
Fantastic news! This is the one thing I cannot live without! :)
Cathy
Feb 22, 2007 at 12:41 pm
I’ve always believed chocolate milk is just as healthy as white milk (as long as you avoid the kind you add the syrup or powder to yourself as it is so easy to get a sugar overload then). Otherwise it has no more sugar than juice, and all the calcium, protein, and other vitamins of regular milk.
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