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Asked by lime1998coolioreginaldyo to Audra, Fiona, Gavin, Justin on 21 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by purplemouse1998niamhcoolio.
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Fiona Hatch answered on 21 Mar 2012:
Out of those two, lucozade is probably best for when you exercise. It’ll provide you with more energy and allow you to perform better. It will also give you back any sodium you lost while sweating during exercising.
But on a healthy basis, its good to get protein into your body (milk) as that is what your muscles will use to grow and repair after exercise. Also milk gives you calcium which is used not only for your bones but also muscle growth as well.
So the best thing would be to drink lucozade (only if you need it) for energy during exercise. And then later on after exercise drink milk to help repair your muscles and help them grow.
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Justin Lawley answered on 21 Mar 2012:
It depends on the exercise. If you are doing exercise that is less than one hour I wouldn’t bother drinking either you have enough energy in you body ad long as you are eating a normal diet. Just drink water and make sure you have a carbohydrate meal say pasta as soon as you can afterwards. If you are doing hard exercise over an house the. Yes you want to take on a drink that is high in carbohydrate but try and avoid commercial drinks like fizzy Lucazade. There are proper sports drinks companies like Torq fittness. Remember this is only if you are doing high intensity over 1 hour exercise. Also if you are trying to burn fat then you want to stay away from lucazade before or during exercise. Your body has an amazing ability to preferentially use the fuel source you rescently ate. Lucazade is manly carbohydrate and not fat. Also milk contains a lot of fat well the. Lie top milk does anyway. Even scientist disagree sometimes lol
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smoshlover commented on :
I watched a program and it said that milk was better???? :S
lime1998coolioreginaldyo commented on :
i watched that too!
Fiona commented on :
Some programs don’t give you all the information.
I would say milk is better than drinking energy drinks. That’s because all the energy drinks are is just sugar, which your body should not need as long as you have eaten proper meals in the day.
So I would say the program is correct in saying milk is better than an energy drink. But drinking it before you exercise I’m not sure about.
Justin commented on :
Unfortunatly, Fiona you are incorrect. Milk is definitely not good for you during any form of long duration exercise and no matter how good a meal you have you will start to run out of glucose (which is a sugar). This is why you drink energy drinks during long exercise. Milk is not predominantly a carbohydrate (sugar) and therefore is probably not the best. For example, you don’t see footballers or tour de France riders drinking milk at half time or on the bike. What show was this. Perhaps they were talking about weight training and putting on muscle…?
Fiona commented on :
I did not mean to use milk as an energy drink, but as a source of protein and fat. So yes I would agree with you that for energy for exercise you would need an energy drink or better yet a source of carbohydrates in a meal.
But in terms of afterwards or for the muscles themselves milk would be better than an energy drink due to the protein and fat.
Justin commented on :
no sorry fiona the source of carbohydrate in a meal is not as good for you during exercise. it normally has a poor absorption rate and the wrong type of carbohydrate for maximum metabolism. Perhaps after exercise you could use full fat milk for for muscle/tendon growth/repair but if you are doing long duration exercise you are probably not after muscle growth but the ability to perform long duration exercise again. Thus, you would then be better off taking on carbohydrate in a meal to replace glycogen stores. Classic Elite performance physiology!!!!!