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Posted August 20, 2015 |
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EDITOR'S NOTE: This was written before the incident, the BC's thought that we should go ahead and publish it just like it was originally written.
A “New” Sports Drink … Transcribed by Bubba I found this little article while surfing
the ‘net (this one came from
www.jezebel.com)
just educating myself and I thought that it would be good to share
with all you folks.
Beer as a Sports Drink?
Hell Yes!!!!! By Erin Gloria Ryan
A team of Canadians (bless you, Canadians) is currently
developing a beverage that combines two things that many might find
disparate: beer and sports drinks.
But Erin, beer is for sitting and Gatorade is for sweating! But
Erin, alcohol dehydrates you and after working out you need
hydration! But Erin, no! Just no!
Sorry. These imaginary counterpoints are wrong. After a truly hard
workout, the best thing in the world is a beer. And I've noticed
that, at least among distance runners, I'm not that special a
snowflake. I've run the Chicago marathon twice, and both times,
right past the part of the finishing chute where they hand you
medals and space blankets and make sure you don't collapse in a pool
of your own vomit, there's a table of bottled water, a table of
bananas, and a table of... 312 beer. I've seen beer at the end of
5K's, 8K's, 10K's, and one 15K that took place on a frigid November
morning in Chicago. A beer after a hard run is perfect.
There's a sciency, non-lush reason for this. Beer contains a whallop
of carbs, and after exertion, the body wants to replace the fuel it
just burned. Like Gatorade and Powerade and other such Ades, beer
contains electrolytes and water, which a post-exercise body also
wants. And I'd be lying by omission if I didn't acknowledge that
after a long race, I get blissfully buzzed off of, like, half a
beer, which really helps take the edge off when all of my muscles
are mad at me.
So, anecdata suggests that beer is a great way to end a
workout, but Canadian entrepreneurs were more interested in how it
could help sustain one, or, better yet, aid in recovery. They
found that toggling with the amount of alcohol contained in the beer
and adding salt turned traditional ale into as effective a sports
drink as Gatorade. Here's NPR with more on that:
The so-called Lean Machine "recovery ale," created by a team of food
scientists at Vampt, touts itself as a healthy alternative to
traditional ales, with only 77 calories and 0.5 percent alcohol by
volume. And it's supposedly enriched with nutrients, antioxidants
and electrolytes to help replenish the body after a good workout.
And because beer contains more naturally occurring anti-inflammatory
and anti-pathogenic compounds, regular beer consumption among
athletes has actually been shown to be more beneficial than
teetotaling.
This is literally the greatest news I've heard all day.
See the original post
HERE.
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Dad says that this justifies him … and his dad!
Just sayin’!
Bubba
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A handful of totally unrelated quotes: |
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People who snore always fall asleep first.
Author Unknown
It’s frustrating when you know all the
answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
Author Unknown
You
may have seen better days, but you have also seen worse. You might
not have all your wants, but you do have all your needs. You woke up
with a few aches and pains, but you woke up. Your life may not be
perfect, but it is good. And more good things are coming down the
road as long as you keep moving forward.
Frederick Herzberg
We
become what we think about.
Earl Nightingale
No one is listening until you fart.
Author Unknown
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