I was thinking, if I drink chocolate milk for recovery, why couldn’t milk with added honey serve the same purpose? Get it to the right C:P ratio, and you’re set.
Anyone do this? If not, why not?
I was thinking, if I drink chocolate milk for recovery, why couldn’t milk with added honey serve the same purpose? Get it to the right C:P ratio, and you’re set.
Anyone do this? If not, why not?
No one does, and it’s because the whole thing is an excuse to drink chocolate milk. It’s a conspiracy manufactured by Hershey’s, just like Valentine’s Day.
it will work, cuz its food.
Probably because the honey won’t dissolve real well in the cold milk, unless you want warm milk and honey 
Sounds good though
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Call it the Israel recovery drink.
It should work, but CM would probably be better since post workout should be high glycemic index sugars.
Honey isn’t High glycemic?
Won’t work. Worst idea ever!!
thats it, thats the missing piece of the puzzle!
I need honey milk, not more training!
Won’t work. Worst idea ever!!
still dont under stand this chocolate milk “study”, i was under the impression that all research says you should recover with high glycemic products, but chocolate milk is ultra low glycemic, if that study is actually true, it pretty much means any food works for recovery, and those strange powder recovery drinks are definitely worthless,
but for honey, i go with whole foods raw organic honey, mix with almond butter and raisins, nothing better
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there is no study on this earth that suggests “an athlete should use high glycemic products to recover”
those conclusions are leaps of logic arrived at by consumers and marketing groups based on studies that claim much narrower things such as “sugar was absorbed more rapidly with high glycemic drinks”
ok great, does that make me a better athlete? maybe if I need to run again in 30 minutes I guess.
and no, those strange powder recovery drinks are not worthless. they are food. easy to prepare food. that has a use, especially if you can’t cook.
still dont under stand this chocolate milk “study”, i was under the impression that all research says you should recover with high glycemic products, but chocolate milk is ultra low glycemic, if that study is actually true, it pretty much means any food works for recovery, and those strange powder recovery drinks are definitely worthless,
but for honey, i go with whole foods raw organic honey, mix with almond butter and raisins, nothing better
There is quite a bit of documentation on the enhanced glycogen replenishment “window” immediately post exercise. The goal of high GI recovery drinks is to have high blood sugar available for absorption during this window.