I have chosen another light topic for this snowy winter day....(damn that Groundhog). This time it is food that you can eat before and after exercise.
Obviously, before you work out, you want to eat light. I usually grab an energy or fruit bar and a glass of water (hydrating early). But you can also have coffee. Apparently coffee has the unique attribute of allowing you to work out longer. The caffeine gives an overall energy boost and prevents the onset of muscle fatigue. Aside from the aforementioned, fruit is a good choice for their natural vitamin and mineral content.
For after your workout, you will want to replenish any lost nutrition and aid your body in rebuilding itself. One of the first items is any red, blue or purple fruits. They of course contain vitamins and minerals, but also are high in anti-oxidants. Pickle juice (as yucky as it sounds) contains salts and nutrients as well. In other words it acts as a supped up version of Gatorade. ( I would still probably have the Gatorade over this though). Next is cottage cheese. It contains calcium, lactates, and other catalysts to aid in muscle repair. The final food is chocolate milk. Like the cottage cheese, it contains essential nutrients to rebuild and repair muscles, but it also contains sugars (energy) that your body needs to repair itself. You can't fix your body after a work out without energy and chocolate milk gives you exactly what you need (I know it works for me) :)
I originally learned this on Fox and Friends. Needless to say I paid attention. Hope this helps you exercise gurus out there. Sometime between now and tomorrow night I will post my first political topic on an issue everyone loves to hate Taxes.
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