Although milk is often surrounded by controversy as I discuss below, emerging data suggests that it can have massive benefits for athletes. These include body composition improvements along with it’s potential as a sports drink for both rehydration and recovery following training. Today I want to look at a research paper that examines the data up to 2008.
Roy BD. Milk the new sports drink? A Review. J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2008 Oct 2;5:15
Introduction
Milk, like all aspects of nutrition is often surrounded by controversy. From the nutjob tinfoil on the head anti-milk zealots to bodybuilders who say that milk makes you smooth, milk is often thought of as a terrible food for adult humans to eat.
Yet, objectively milk is an excellent source of high quality protein (a mix of casein and whey), carbohydrates (lactose, which admittedly some people have problems digesting) along with providing fluids, highly bio-available calcium, and electrolytes.… Keep Reading