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After a workout, beer is best, not water
Posted: Nov 4th 2007 10:13AM by Martha Edwards
Filed under: Fitness, Healthy Habits

Heading over to happy hour at your local pub after a good workout seems counterproductive, but it just might be the key to re-hydrating you after a good sweat session. That's right, researchers out of Spain have found that a pint of beer after a workout does a better job of re-hydrating your body than a glass of water could.

Do you find these results surprising? I do -- I always thought that beer was de-hydrating, not re-hydrating. Still, as long as you follow a healthy diet, I'm sure it couldn't hurt to grab a cold one after a workout. What do you think?

yes very surprising !! isn't beer damages the body
actions that makes the wourkout effective??

Anyways, I never drink beer ..

Some friends of mine once owned a small brewery. Their motto was:

In vino veritas
In cerevisia cantos
In aqua e.coli

I usually drink 250 - 500 ml of chocolate milk, depending upon how zapped I feel. Some protein, some carbohydrate, some fat, some minerals, probably about the best recovery drink out there.

A good dark beer, like a brown ale, or bitter, or a stout wouldn't surprise me though... some carbohydrate, some minerals and flavenoids...

I wonder if non-alchoholic beer applies.

now all I have to do is wait for the research that extols the virtue of the post-workout martini!

THIS is the best news i've received since i started working out. A couple times i have drank beer right after a workout and i did feel strangely hydrated....like not just unthirsty, but that groovy cool feeling that you get right after they put seline in ya after you give blood. Am i the only one who likes how that feels...anyway, try the beer thing.
LOL, let me be the devil on your shoulder for a moment and say "come on try it, what could be better for you right after a workout then a shot of whole grains?"

This is why there is usually a beer tent at the finish line at endurance sports competitions.


I just recently moved back from Germany and there some non-alcoholic beers are marketed almost exclusively as sports drinks

http://www.erdinger-alkoholfrei.de/


The University of Grenada study was also big news there:
www.bild.t-online.de/BTO/news/2007/11/05/bier-sport/wasser,geo=2861014.html

of course the germans will be excited to have one more excuse to drink beer....and me too

Why doesn't this thread get more attention. Damn, aqua lovers, lol.

Ahhhh, this was my first thread. No mystery why it appealed to me, BEER AFTER A RUN......awesome. I've since done it a couple times, I didn't go overboard. It really produces a unique feeling. I guess for me it's because I really do enjoy beer, but I mind my p's and q's. I'm not a huge fan of running though, but I need its benefits. So, to have something I really fancy after doing something I sorta have to do is nice and the running is payment for the beer so no fear of a beer belling forming.

I mixed my protein powder with vodka after my run last saturday night. I got wasted.

now that sounds good, but i think i'd prefer whiskey with protein, if i dont have the beer

He doesn't run.

Lol, he does a beer run every day. You're right though, I don't think beer is as bad as everyone thinks for health....as long as it's in moderation.

HA! I saw the title and was gonna come in here and sarcastically recommend beer as the best post-work out drink! Hmm.. FAIL on my part!

It's made out of wheat...good for you. The white and brown liqueurs scare me though. Beer isn't scary, but the white and brown liquors are scary....those are the ones that make the room blurry.

NICKSTER saidweird huh...

After a workout, beer is best, not water
Posted: Nov 4th 2007 10:13AM by Martha Edwards
Filed under: Fitness, Healthy Habits

Heading over to happy hour at your local pub after a good workout seems counterproductive, but it just might be the key to re-hydrating you after a good sweat session. That's right, researchers out of Spain have found that a pint of beer after a workout does a better job of re-hydrating your body than a glass of water could.

Do you find these results surprising? I do -- I always thought that beer was de-hydrating, not re-hydrating. Still, as long as you follow a healthy diet, I'm sure it couldn't hurt to grab a cold one after a workout. What do you think?

But actually "WATER" dehydrates you... I found that surprising when I found that out... but its true So I just settle for my Gatorade if I need to drink something, but I do drink water when I workout too haha

Maybe they're referring to a Porter but I read somewhere that Arnold, the Governator also drank lots of beer during his competitive days. I think that shit caught up to him though. ew!

Everything in moderation baby. Everything...

Celticmusl saidLol, he does a beer run every day. You're right though, I don't think beer is as bad as everyone thinks for health....as long as it's in moderation.

steltom saidEverything in moderation baby. Everything...

Celticmusl saidLol, he does a beer run every day. You're right though, I don't think beer is as bad as everyone thinks for health....as long as it's in moderation.

including moderation ;)

so, the non-alcoholic beer is used as a sports drink in europe, eh? i'm curious about this post-blood donation groove that gigi mentioned.

hmmmmmm... i know nothing about beer. nothing. i don't know the difference between beer, ale, lager, stout, skinny, billy bob, or gertrude. anyway... i always thought beer looked/smelled like urine. how should i go about learning to appreciate it better? is there any type/brand that would be a good intro for the ignorant palette?

coconut water. its how all the brazilian soccer players stay so hydrated/sexy!

tinymike saidcoconut water. its how all the brazilian soccer players stay so hydrated/sexy!

yeah, coconut water really has a salty taste....it's like all-natural Gatorade!

dancerjack said

steltom saidEverything in moderation baby. Everything...

Celticmusl saidLol, he does a beer run every day. You're right though, I don't think beer is as bad as everyone thinks for health....as long as it's in moderation.

including moderation ;)

so, the non-alcoholic beer is used as a sports drink in europe, eh? i'm curious about this post-blood donation groove that gigi mentioned.

hmmmmmm... i know nothing about beer. nothing. i don't know the difference between beer, ale, lager, stout, skinny, billy bob, or gertrude. anyway... i always thought beer looked/smelled like urine. how should i go about learning to appreciate it better? is there any type/brand that would be a good intro for the ignorant palette?

I never really drank beer either but this summer all the mixed drinks just started to become too expensive to drink all night. Someone bought me a Bud Light and I didn't mind the taste. It went down really smooth and it seems to lower my inhibitions more than other forms of alcohol.

Celticmusl said

dancerjack said

steltom saidEverything in moderation baby. Everything...

Celticmusl saidLol, he does a beer run every day. You're right though, I don't think beer is as bad as everyone thinks for health....as long as it's in moderation.

including moderation ;)

so, the non-alcoholic beer is used as a sports drink in europe, eh? i'm curious about this post-blood donation groove that gigi mentioned.

hmmmmmm... i know nothing about beer. nothing. i don't know the difference between beer, ale, lager, stout, skinny, billy bob, or gertrude. anyway... i always thought beer looked/smelled like urine. how should i go about learning to appreciate it better? is there any type/brand that would be a good intro for the ignorant palette?

I never really drank beer either but this summer all the mixed drinks just started to become too expensive to drink all night. Someone bought me a Bud Light and I didn't mind the taste. It went down really smooth and it seems to lower my inhibitions more than other forms of alcohol.

*makes a mental note that if he ever meets Celticmusl to buy him Bud Light to quickly lower his inhibitions*