Going back to the milk, protein, latte notes of an earlier post, here’s a study looking at the effectiveness of chocolate milk in recovery. What a lovely idea.
The study used 9, highly trained cyclists, depleted their glycogen stores and compared the abilities of chocolate milk, Gatorade and Endurox R4 (a carboydrate recovery drink) to help the cyclists recover to exercise to exhaustion. The chocolate milk won, with the cyclists on chocolate milk able to pedal for longer than cyclists using the other drinks.
Cool.
Karp et al., Chocolate Milk as a Post-Exercise Recovery Aid. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 2006, 16, 78-91 (pdf)
