1. Consuming chocolate milk vs. carbohydrate beverage post exercise, resulted in 23% greater time to exhaustion during treadmill run.
2. Chocolate milk also had similar glycogen replenishment to the carbohydrate beverage.
Coaches Note: possibly an ideal beverage for kids who play sports or do physical play that last longer than an hour as a quick whole foods option to consume after play while waiting for a meal to be prepared.
Also a nice option for adults who do physical activity longer than an hour, especially if it's muscularly fatiguing.
If you're looking to lose weight, I'd stick with our weight loss plan of not drinking calories.
If you're in the performance category I'd consider it if you're an endurance athlete, however if you're a strength or anaerobic athlete, the leucine and whey protein combination in a supplement form (5g Leucine + 6g Whey Protein), might be a better post exercise recovery option for retaining and/or building muscle mass and gaining strength and performance is a greater priority.
If you're in our maintenance category, then it depends. It could be beneficial performance and recovery wise, but it may mess with your body weight. It may not though, so we could test it.
