Fast Food Proven as Good For Recovery as Other Options (For Athletes, Anyway)

Mr_Knight

Brand new study is out...

This study examined the effects of isoenergetic sport supplements (SS) vs. fast food (FF) on glycogen recovery and exercise performance...A 20k time-trial (TT) was completed following the final muscle biopsy. There were no differences in the blood glucose and insulin responses. Similarly, rates of glycogen recovery were not different across the diets. There was also no difference across the diets for TT performance. These data indicate that short-term food options to initiate glycogen resynthesis can include dietary options not typically marketed as sports nutrition products such as fast food menu items.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25811308

Sabine_Stroehm

Abstract doesn't really match your subject line.

ETA: thanks for changing your headline to something more appropriate and accurate (i.e. no longer saying proven as healthy as...)

girlviernes

Okay kids, remember, science is rarely about "proving" things, abstracts are only part of the picture, and a single study is just that, a single study which needs to be considered within the scope of the literature.

But, it's not surprising.

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TimothyFish

Exercise is good for you. As for fast food versus sports supplements, when you look at the ingredients, there similarities. But in both cases, if you aren't exercising enough, they may give you things you don't need.

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