article_snippet.sent: Eating fast food after a workout may be just as beneficial as dietary supplements, a study has claimed.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers found that during recovery periods between periods of exercise, it didn’t matter what food was eaten.
article_snippet.sent: Performance remained the same after resting for several hours, while levels of glycogen - used by muscles as ‘fuel’ - were actually slightly higher after fast food was eaten as a recovery food.
article_snippet.sent: Research led by the University of Montana has found that eating fast food (stock image shown) after a workout may be just as beneficial as dietary supplements.
article_snippet.sent: Researchers found that during recovery periods between periods of exercise, it didn’t matter what food was eaten .
article_snippet.sent: No differences in insulin, glucose or cholesterol indicate that short-term food options to initiate glycogen resynthesis can include dietary options not typically marketed as sports nutrition products such as fast food menu items,’ the researchers wrote.
article_snippet.sent: However, the researchers said that the experiment included a fairly small sample, and the long-term effects on workout recovery of eating fast food over other, healthier sources of food are not known.