After a long workout, drinking a sugary sports drink helps your muscles refill their energy stores much faster than not eating anything at all.

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Postexercise protein-carbohydrate and carbohydrate supplements increase muscle glycogen in men and women

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

1997 Dec

The study gave athletes a sugary drink after exercise and found it helped their muscles refill their energy stores much faster than if they drank nothing — exactly what the claim says.

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Postexercise protein-carbohydrate and carbohydrate supplements increase muscle glycogen in men and women

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DOI: 10.1152/JAPPL.1997.83.6.1877

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