运动后吃快餐和吃营养品一样有益
Eating fast food after a workout may be just as beneficial as dietary supplements, a study has claimed.
一项研究表明，运动后吃快餐可能和吃营养补充品一样有益。
Researchers found that during recovery periods between periods of exercise, it didn't matter what food was eaten.
Performance remained the same after resting for several hours, while levels of glycogen - used by muscles as 'fuel' - were actually slightly higher after fast food was eaten as a recovery food.
The research, published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, was led by University of Montana graduate student Michael Cramer.
In the study, 11 male athletes were asked to fast for 12 hours, before a 90-minute endurance workout.
After this, half were fed hot cakes, hash browns and orange juice, followed by a burger, fries and a Coke two hours later.
However, the researchers said that the experiment included a fairly small sample, and the long-term effects on workout recovery of eating fast food over other, healthier sources of food are not known.