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Knowing when to take
protein shakes, meal replacement drinks, and
protein bars increases their effectiveness
Protein shakes,
meal replacement drinks, and protein bars are the
convenience fast foods of the sport nutrition world.
Protein shakes are easy to mix and portable so
you can take them with you. Meal replacement drinks
are essentially the same thing but have both a
protein and carbohydrate component. Protein bars are
obviously the ultimate portable protein snack.
Taking any of these convenience foods
immediately after training results in faster
absorption of the protein, carbs and other
nutritional supplements into the body. The faster
you can replenish fluids and glycogen, the faster
your muscles will recover.
So what is glycogen?
Glycogen is simply a storage form of
carbohydrate. Glycogen is made from glucose and is
stored in muscles. When you work your muscles, your
body turns to gylcogen for energy.
How meal replacement
drinks or carb-protein mixtures help restock
glycogen levels quickly
After working out, your muscles are low in
glycogen. Taking in a meal replacement or carb-protein
mixture immediately afterwards replenishes glycogen
and speeds up the glycogen manufacturing process in
the body. |
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