Adding protein to carbs and water doesn’t really help or hurt your workout performance if you're already getting the same amount of energy.

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Post-exercise Ingestion of Carbohydrate, Protein and Water: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis for Effects on Subsequent Athletic Performance

Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis

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2018 Feb

The study looked at whether adding protein to carbs and water helps athletes perform better in a second workout soon after the first. It found that adding protein didn’t make a meaningful difference compared to carbs and water alone.

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Post-exercise Ingestion of Carbohydrate, Protein and Water: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis for Effects on Subsequent Athletic Performance

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DOI: 10.1007/s40279-017-0800-5

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