Honey May Help Muscles Recuperate after Workouts

[blood_drinker]

Mixing it with oatmeal and bananas are what many people here in brazil have for breakfast, but if i were to have that post workout, it would be useless - i strive mainly for liquid foods post workout.

MS: Im interested in what you take post workout. I know you are a vegetarian(vegan?) and I understand that vegans cannot ingest honey (my cousin does not). 1) Have you ever tried honey post workout? What was your exp and opinion on it?
2) What is your recommendation for optimum post workout supplementation?

 

[MS]

I guess I'm not a strict vegan since I eat free range eggs and honey (and probably other stuff that someone more strict would shun). But it doesn't really matter what you call my diet since most people eat differently to me, advice needs to be tailored to the individual. I usually have a sandwich or a bowl of pasta or oatmeal, all with some sort of protein and pretty low in fat. I don't tend to obsess about my post workout meal since I normally eat pretty low in fat and high carbs all the time, I just eat a "normal" meal post workout. As I've said elsewhere, this may not be the quickest way to pack on muscle, but it still works. Honestly if you're in a big hurry to pack on muscle you might consider using lots of anabolics, extra insulin and other supplements as well as high GI post workout meals. No doubt that's why the anabolic discussion boards are soooo popular because most young BBs are in a huge hurry. I am over 40 years old and take my long term health pretty seriously.

 

[MS]

Here's another study which indicates to me that honey/fructose is not a great postworkout food unless you're on a calorie restricted diet. Notice that on a 'normal' diet fructose consumption significantly increased glucose burning and decreased fat burning compared to glucose. Again I would personally avoid fructose post workout while 'bulking' but think it's a good addition while dieting. There are many other ways to interpret this research.


Post-exercise substrate utilization after a high glucose vs. high fructose meal during negative energy balance in the obese.
Tittelbach TJ, Mattes RD, Gretebeck RJ.
Department of Foods and Nutrition, School of Consumer and Family Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA. [email protected]
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of negative energy balance on the metabolic response of a meal containing either glucose or fructose as the primary source of carbohydrate after exercise in obese individuals in energy balance, or negative energy balance. RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Fourteen adults with mean body mass index (BMI) 30.3 +/- 1 kg/m2, age 26 +/- 2 years, and weight 93.5 +/- 5.4 kg, adhered to an energy-balanced (EB) or a negative energy-balanced (NEB) diet for 6 days. On Day 7, subjects exercised at 70% VO2peak for 40 minutes then consumed either high glucose (50 g of glucose, HG) or high fructose (50 g of fructose, HF) liquid meal. Substrate utilization was measured by indirect calorimetry for 3 hours. Blood samples were collected before exercise and 0, 30, 60, 120, and 180 minutes after consuming the meal. RESULTS: The HG produced 15.9% greater glycemic (p < 0.05) and 30.9% larger insulinemic (p < 0.05) responses than the HF under both EB and NEB conditions. After the NEB diet, carbohydrate and fat oxidation did not differ for HG and HF. In contrast, carbohydrate oxidation increased 31%, and fat oxidation decreased 39% with HF compared with HG after the EB diet. Thus, HF and HG consumed after exercise produced marked differences in macronutrient oxidation when obese subjects followed an EB diet, but no difference when adhering to a NEB diet. DISCUSSION: The data suggest that the use of fructose in supplements/meals may provide no additional benefit in terms of substrate utilization during a weight loss program involving diet and exercise.