What should I eat after a workout?
After a workout, you should avoid eating salads and instead add an appropriate amount of carbohydrates and protein.
Hong Kong (China) social networks have recently circulated information that eating after exercise causes the body's absorption to become abnormal, causing many people to not dare to eat anything or only eat salad to fill their stomachs. This is actually very harmful to health.
From the perspective of Oriental medicine, salad is a cold food that can easily damage the yang energy after eating. Once the yang energy is damaged, the circulation of water in the body is reduced, water cannot escape, leading to the body having too much water that cannot be excreted, leading to poor digestion, fatigue and edema. ThereforeAfter exercise, you should not eat salad.
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After exercise, you should supplement protein and carbohydrates. Photo:Gympik. |
Supplement with appropriate nutritionnot only replenishes energy for the body but also helps increase muscle and reduce fat. You should eat 30 minutes to an hour after exercising, choosing quality sources of protein and carbohydrates such as brown rice, rice porridge, sweet potatoes, potatoes, chicken eggs, pork, chicken, fish, vegetables such as bananas, apples, kiwi. Note, do not eat too much, 70% full is enough, the ratio of carbohydrates and protein is 1:3. In addition, limit fried foods, foods high in oil, high in sugar.
Four recommended post-workout food combinations include sweet potatoes, unsweetened soy milk; cheese and eggs; bananas and low-fat milk; unroasted nuts and low-fat yogurt. These foods all contain quality sources of carbohydrates and protein, promoting digestion and absorption. In particular, unroasted nuts also contain a lot of good fats for the body.
