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Researchers at Granada University in Spain have found that beer can help the body rehydrate better after a workout than water or Gatorade.
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>>>>>Professor Manuel Garzon also claimed the carbonation in beer helps to quench the thirst and that its carbohydrate content can help replace lost calories, The Telegraph reports.
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>>>>>The study involved a group of students who were asked to work out until their body temperature reached 104 degrees. Researchers then gave beer to half of the students and water to the other half.
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>>>>>Mr. Garzon announced the results at a press conference in Granada, saying the hydration effect in those who drank beer was “slightly better,” The Telegraph reports.
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>>>>>A cardiologist with the Real Madrid football team, Dr. Juan Antonio Corbalan, told the paper he long has recommended barley drinks to professional sportsmen after exhausting activities.
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>>>>What's all this BS about a workout first ?
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>>>Lifting enough beers constitutes a workout.
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>>>Then lift more beer afterwards to rehydrate.
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>>Oddly, if I have a beer at lunchtime when cycling I end up feeling *more* dehydrated later than if I had stuck to water. Maybe it only works after I've stopped. More experimentation is obviously called for.
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>Any kind of alcohol dehydrates you. It is definitely not training fuel. Water is the best. It is as beneficial for hydrating as the sports drinks like Gatorade.
That's what I thought and personal experience seems to bear it out. So I don't know what the basis for the article was (except, perhaps, wishful thinking) :-}
>I'm sure you know this but for those who have not done sports endurance events, keep that water flowing on a steady basis. If you wait until you're thirsty it's too late.
Only remember suffering from 'heat exhaustion' once. One minute sweating along merrily - the next cold, clammy and shivering. Not an experience I want to repeat....
