Athletes raise a glass to the power of milk!

A host of top athletes have hailed the recovery powers of milk on the back of two new pieces of groundbreaking research.

Olympic sprinter Marlon Devonish, champion decathlete Dean Macey and long jumper Greg Rutherford were all quick to celebrate the news that milk may promote better recovery after exercise than both water and isotonic sports drinks.

The key new study, conducted by Loughborough University and published in the British Journal of Nutrition, indicated that milk is significantly more effective than water or isotonic drinks at rehydration after training. And it’s more good news for dairy as a second study, which was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition this month, also backed milk as a post-exercise drink. This study suggested that milk can help increase muscle size and strength, whilst reducing body fat. Several other studies have also noted milk’s positive effects on exercise and recovery, while athletes and sports teams are already experiencing the benefits by consuming milk after training.

What the pros say:

Marlon Devonish
Sprinter, Olympic gold medallist
I use milk on my cereal everyday. After hearing that it aids recovery, I will certainly incorporate it as part of my training and recovery for the future.

Dean Macey
Champion decathlete
I can't say it comes as a huge surprise to me that this research says milk is the best thing for athletes, it makes perfect sense. If you want a great, natural drink to help performance then it's got to contain milk every time.

All information taken from Milk Development Council and Milk Recovery Zone August 2003

For Full article please see: MDC-Athletes-PressRelease 23rd August 2007

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