Choc milk beats energy drink for recovery

After my half-marathon on Sunday, I guzzled down a 'choc-malt' recovery drink thinking 'this tastes too good to be good for me'. But, research has actually shown that chocolate milk is better for recovery than traditional carbohydrate drinks - hooray! Just wondering why my legs are still so achey now?!

Pizza-gate

While listening to a well known football phone-in show on Saturday night, I heard a row about whether footballers should be entitled to a post-match pizza when they've lost a game. The professional footballer (not to be named!) argued 'of course they should, they've been running around for 90 minutes and need to get something in them quick to replace all the energy used up'. The fan, said they didn't deserve it and that the unhealthy pizza could be the reason they lost the game in the first place! From a nutritionist's point of view, pizza after very intense exercise is actually not a bad choice - lots of carbohydrate and not too much fat (unless it's a four cheese or meat feast!) If you're wanting to make it an even better choice, choose a thin base, margarita or veggie one and skip the added garlic bread and coleslaw! As for the post-match curries...hmmm, not convinced.

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