New Research: Beer for recovery

[bigfriendlyvegan]

From The Washington Times:

Scientists suggest beer after a workout

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Researchers at Granada University in Spain have found that beer can help the body rehydrate better after a workout than water or Gatorade.

Professor Manuel Garzon also claimed the carbonation in beer helps to quench the thirst and that its carbohydrate content can help replace lost calories, The Telegraph reports.

The study involved a group of students who were asked to work out until their body temperature reached 104 degrees. Researchers then gave beer to half of the students and water to the other half.

Mr. Garzon announced the results at a press conference in Granada, saying the hydration effect in those who drank beer was “slightly better,” The Telegraph reports.

A cardiologist with the Real Madrid football team, Dr. Juan Antonio Corbalan, told the paper he long has recommended barley drinks to professional sportsmen after exhausting activities.

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[sogood]

Key words are... "Granada University in Spain". Wait, it's not even April 1st yet.

[il padrone]

What any politician dreams of during their election campaign - a beer-led recovery

[il padrone]

Key words are... "Granada University in Spain". Wait, it's not even April 1st yet.

http://www.ugr.es/en/pages/universidad/granada



Do you have something against the Spanish??

[MattyK]

Faster rehydration would be followed by faster dehydration...

[redned]

Students performed better after drinking beer. Who'd have thought?
This was my type of research at university but it was never published.

[brentono]

quelalachinga... we don't need no stinkin' Uni's to tell us that. We worked that out in my day.

[toolonglegs]

uno grande cerveza porfa vor

[Mulger bill]

As a matter of fact, I'm in it now

[human909]

NEW????? Research??????

Here is a similar report from the same University in Spain from way back in 2007!!
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2007/11/02/Study-Beer-beats-water-for-hydration/UPI-75631194005695/

But hey you can't blame them if they feel the need to repeat the research every year!

[RonK]

This is news? I could have told you that years ago...

[Pravda]

But what do I do to recover from the beer?

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[TailWind]

But what do I do to recover from the beer?

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Get back on the bike . Rinse and repeat.

[brentono]

Beer is why I took up Cycling.

[sogood]

Do you have something against the Spanish??

Given the combination of topic and the academic circle, you might understand.

[foo on patrol]

I always referred to beer as protein drinks anyway, back in my racing days.

Foo

[AKO]

Well I'm sold. Beer will now be my recovery drink of choice.

[il padrone]

Good on the Spanish, I say

[sli123]

Beer is why I took up Cycling.

+1

[boyracer]

MMMMM, cerveza negra......
Seriously, beer is also good mid ride...

[il padrone]

Not when it's 39C and you still have to climb 7kms up a mountainside

I found that out. Even just the one pint - no good for the legs.

[boyracer]

Each to their own. A mid ride beer or two helped me set a PB (308km,1100m day) in high 30's weather. Fastest hour of the day was last on bike.
I quite regularly stop at a pub mid way through centuries to 'carb up'.

[sli123]

Beer is my reward (I reward myself lots ). I've only ever had a mid-ride beer once - during a social ride that included lunch. Can't say it helped or hindered! Certainly not my refreshment of choice during a ride though - not that there's anything wrong with that

[RobertFrith]

MMMMM, cerveza negra......
Seriously, beer is also good mid ride...

I hear preloading is where the cutting edge research is at

[brentono]

Weight Weenies drink Lite.

From my era, it was understood- 3B's Belgium/Bike Riders/Beer. Simple; Stella Artois.
(it was a short ride to get back from the Brewery to Ghent.)