The importance of post workout meals considering we all lift weights

[MS]

Oh I must have missed this post first time around. Thanks for the bump. It's certainly a controversial topic, but I agree with MR BMJ that if you wish to get maximal MUSCLE glycogen refilling then fructose is less than optimal. The lower, sustained blood glucose rise seen with honey is due to the fructose component filling up liver glycogen and then anything leftover after that will eventually diffuse to the muscles. And as he also said, the honey will slow absorption of the other nutrients. The whole point of spiking insulin post workout is to, ummm spike it. Honey does not cause as big a spike, and does not preferentially refill muscles. However if you are worried about insulin spikes then honey is ok.

I am also curious if blood drinker has any references that show that the majority of calories burned from cardio are burned an hour after cardio. I haven't heard that one before. In my mind the best reason to wait to eat post cardio is because you can continue to burn fat preferentially once liver glycogen has been depleted and insulin levels are low. Since moderate cardio is not too catabolic this is a nice window of relatively high fat burning (as opposed to high calorie burning). Either way, I always wait to eat.

 

[blood_drinker]

At hand no. But I have seen studies showing how after rseistance and endurance exercises metabolism is elevated for hours after - thus it would make sense to eat an hour later. That is where the theory comes from .Again, the endless debate about morning cardio.
Theoretically your fat stores should be tapped into for energy since you just came from an overnight fast and you just performed some endurance exercise, thus you are glycogen depleted and your fat stores should be tapped into for energy. Yes, that is in fact the main reason.