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Drinking alcohol with a sports drink after a workout hurts muscle recovery more than drinking it with a protein shake—protein helps a little, but it’s still bad.
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Alcohol Ingestion Impairs Maximal Post-Exercise Rates of Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis following a Single Bout of Concurrent Training
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2014After working out, drinking alcohol lowers muscle repair, but if you drink alcohol with protein, your muscles repair a bit better than if you drink alcohol with sugar — so protein helps, but doesn’t fully fix the problem.
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