ScienceDaily (July 2, 2008) — Recipe to recover more quickly from exercise: Finish workout, eat pasta, and wash down with five or six cups of strong coffee.
Glycogen, the muscle's primary fuel source during exercise, is replenished more rapidly when athletes ingest both carbohydrate and caffeine following exhaustive exercise, new research shows. Athletes who ingested caffeine with carbohydrate had 66% more glycogen in their muscles four hours after finishing intense, glycogen-depleting exercise, compared to when they consumed carbohydrate alone, according to the study.
American Physiological Society (2008, July 2). Post-exercise Caffeine Helps Muscles Refuel. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 2, 2008, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2008/07/080701083456.htm
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