Best Recovery Drink for Triathletes
In the Triathlete Magazine Sept. 2011 article “Drink to your Recovery” the Herbalife 24 product Rebuild Strength beat out the competitors to win “Best” recovery drink! Great science behind it!
Herbalife24 consists of seven products that allow athletes to customize their nutrition program based on their specific sport, day-to-day needs, and training demands. Each product is tested for banned substances (anti-doping testing) by an independent third-party laboratory (BSCG.org) assuring athletes that what they put into their bodies is exactly what is listed on the label.
Herbalife 24 research is based on the latest proven science and formulated by Herbalife scientists, some of whom are elite athletes in their own right
Endurance Recovery Drink
“Ideally you want to eat something within 30 minutes of the end of the race,” recommends Dr. John Heiss, Ph.D., and lead scientist behind the Herblife24 product line. “The most important thing is to ingest carbohydrates to replenish glycogen stores. So a good mix of protein and carbs is key. About 60 grams of carbs and 20 grams of protein right away will go a long way. Also make sure to get some electrolytes going. That will help absorption of the protein and carbs.”
Before ingesting solid food, it’s a good idea to start with some kind of recovery drink such as Herbalife Rebuild Endurance, recommends Heiss. “You want to look for drinks that contain about a 3-to-1 ratio of carbs to protein,” he advises. “That combination will help jumpstart the recovery process, because protein is best utilized when paired with carbohydrates to elicit an insulin response. It’s also good to have a mixture of fast and slow-acting protein together with fast and slow carbohydrates.”
New research on how curcumin helps reduce inflammation
In a paper due to be published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, researchers at The University of Nottingham and Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich described laboratory experiments that show the ingredient can switch off the inflammatory cell sequence involved.
Dr Ali Mobasheri of the University’s School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, who co-led the investigate, said: ‘Our investigate is not suggesting that curry, turmeric or curcumin are cures for inflammatory conditions such as tendinitis and arthritis.
‘But, we believe that it could offer scientists an vital new lead in the treatment of these painful conditions owing to nutrition.
‘Further investigate into curcumin, and chemically-modified versions of it, should be the subject of future investigations and complementary therapies aimed at reducing the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, the only drugs currently available for the treatment of tendinitis and various forms of arthritis.’
Article Source Daily Mail