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what nutrients help the body recover faster after a workout?
After a workout, you need three things that the body is lacking:
*Simple Carbs/Sugar - this will help raise insulin so nutrients can flow quicker to the muscle and give you a nice boost.
*Protein - This is the nutrient the muscles need to repair torn muscle tissue after a workout and prevent insulin from decreasing too fast after you've consumed the simple carbs.
*BCCA's - Take this either from a standalone supplement, or through creatine, which helps maintain that insulin spike to allow proper recovery.
45 minutes later, it is important to consume complex carbs and protein to maintain the insulin levels for a more extended period of time to allow recover and repair of muscles.
its important to restore glycogen. meaning your muscles need raw materials to recurperate after your work out. drink water or natural juices after your done with your workout. A light meal/snack within 2 hours after exercise is terrific. A balance bar or a lean turkey sandwich on whole grain bread would make a nice after-workout snack. You could also choose an egg, or a simple salad or fruit drink. [ dont eat a heavy meal before/after excerises you'd get sick, and i wouldnt eat sugary foods either you'd COULD get sick from that too ]
Just eat a healthy balances meal. Stay away from juice it contains sugar. Green vegetables should help a lot cause they contain minerals like magnesium, bananas would also be could cause of the potassium,both are minerals which helps your muscles recover fast.
And lots of water too. You get dehydrated after a workout. Energy drinks would help as long as they're not the sugary kind and like what Brooke said earler, protein shakes are good after-workout supplements
Go to a special shop that is to do with body workout and where you can get special drinks and snacks that help to develop and to keep fit and up to good shape :)
Fruit , and water. :) It helps alot. Especially since water helps you loose wait, get better skin, and it just helps alot. (:
lots of lean protein to make up for the muscle damage during the gym and caffeine would also help minimize it
take a protien shake......its taken by those who do gyming and all plus it also helps to maintain ur body
try bolthouse farms perfectly protein vanilla soy milk! it is really good and very good for you!
u should take protien shake.........its good for health and it will maintain ur body ;)
A PROTEIN SHAKE!!! It repairs the muscles you just worked out!!
You can take juice.shakes..
A banana and a pretzel.
