How to eat like an Olympian.

[Hoping4Change]

Excellent info about eating the right foods when working out.



When it comes to fuelling exercise, timing is key. Since the body can't store protein, it makes sense to feed your muscles when they need it.

A preworkout snack, eaten one to two hours before exercise, may help reduce muscle-tissue damage from weight training. And research suggests that as little as six grams of protein, consumed before strength training, can enhance postexercise muscle repair.

After any workout, eat a combination of protein and carbohydrate within 30 minutes, and again two hours later, to help your muscles recover, grow and re-energize for your next workout.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040811/HBECK11/Health/Idx


(Leslie Beck, a Toronto-based dietitian)

[jeff30997]

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