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Lead Stories: Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Speed up recovery with food

Posted March 8th, 2007 at 11:26 AM by Jamal Walker

Section: Health & Fitness, Exercise

A study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine shows that eating any source of protein and sugar immediately after finishing a workout helps athletes grow larger and stronger muscles (November 2006).

Athletes train by taking a very hard workout that damages muscles. They can tell that their muscles are damaged by the delayed onset muscle soreness that starts 8 to 24 hours after they finish a workout. Anything that helps them recover faster will allow them to do another hard workout sooner and they will become much stronger.

Extensive research shows that muscles healing occurs when protein building blocks called amino acids move into muscles cells and repair the damaged muscle protein. Healed muscles are stronger than they were before the damaging workout. To hasten recovery, you need both amino acids and insulin to drive the amino acids into cells.
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Battle of the protein supplements: Whey vs. Soy

Posted December 8th, 2006 at 8:00 PM by Christopher Jack

Section: Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Race Prep & Recov, Supplements, Vegetarianism

For even the most health conscious, balancing a days worth of meals can be a daunting task. Finding the time, or even the motivation, to maintain a healthy diet may seem near impossible. Enter protein. Adding protein supplements to your diet can seriously improve your health, athletic performance and appearance. However, with so many powerful proteins on the market, the question then becomes - which one’s for me?
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