Study Finds Fast Food Equally Effective as Sports Supplements in Recovery

[spartanKid]

Not an April Fool's joke.

http://www.realclearscience.com/journal_club/2015/04/01/fast_food_works_just_as_well_as_supplements_after_ a_workout_109157.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25811308

[thwart]

Very interesting study.

So my occasional post-ride stop for a burger and fries isn't such a bad idea after all… :banana:

[weisan]

>>So my occasional post-ride stop for a burger and fries isn't such a bad idea after all…

Occasional???

Thwart pal, try making it a regular, you will be surprised by the performance boost.

I should know bcos...:rolleyes:

http://eatitandlikeit.com/wp-content/uploads/fried-chicken.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk245/legionvr6/hot.jpg

[blessthismess]

Hmmm, must be an April fools joke. However if it is not I would be interested to see how this study played out over say 6 months or a year as opposed to two days. :)

[spartanKid]

Hmmm, must be an April fools joke. However if it is not I would be interested to see how this study played out over say 6 months or a year? Eating that much cr** would definitely catch up with you. I don't doubt "recovery" supplements are a scam but a one week study hardly says anything.

I would assume that PubMed wouldn't post April Fools jokes at all ever. And if they did they certainly wouldn't post them on March 26th.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25811308

[nooneline]

It only measures glycogen recovery. And it does so with a sample size of 11.

This type of science might help generate hypotheses, but it doesn't generate conclusions worth a damn.

[thwart]

Occasional???

Thwart pal, try making it a regular, you will be surprised by the performance boost.

I should know bcos...:rolleyes:

http://eatitandlikeit.com/wp-content/uploads/fried-chicken.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk245/legionvr6/hot.jpg


Faster descending is a good thing.

I think.

[TPetsch]

Nothing like a stack of pancakes & syrup with a side of scrambled n' bacon after a Sat morning ride.

...Otherwise I couldn't imagine eating a meal like that.

[Dead Man]

Well apparently my screwed up Comcast connection robbed me of my post.... I thought I'd previously posted something along the lines of:

A little fast food here and there is totally fine... just like a little arsenic here and there is totally fine. Not gonna kill you. Today, anyway.

I'll stick with my avocados and apricots!

[blessthismess]

I would assume that PubMed wouldn't post April Fools jokes at all ever. And if they did they certainly wouldn't post them on March 26th.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25811308

Ah, I didn't look at the date. Nevertheless I am still highly skeptical of any "study" that short. The research was conducted over two days with a week in between, one time the participants ate fast food, one time they didn't. All the study really says it that after eating fast food after a workout, once, these top athletes did not see any significant increase, or decrease, in their recovery... Astounding!

But seriously, Let's see what happens after one year.


Full disclosure: I know recovery products are kinda a scam and I don't use them. There are plenty of healthier (and cheaper) options out there. "Research" like this just bugs me :)