>>>>>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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>>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.
>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.
One alcoholfree wheat beer between exercise sessions (with at least another liter of water) IMO is better - it usually has not even a fifteenth of alcohol% of normal beer, so alcohol does not really enter the equation if there is a break of ~120 min. One small beer sometimes helps if I am trainig late getting the pushed up body to sleep - as long as it stays single and I try to sleep within 90 minutes after training, skipping sauna and similar stuff - if in hotel drop into bed directly after shower or just drive home after shower and the one beer. Even after marathon races you see sometimes alcoholfree beer given after the race.
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