Scientists Suggest Beer After Workout

Clearly, then, the correct answer is a black shandy of Gatorade and BCBS.

 

Or Bourbon County Lime-A-Rita-rade Stout Blast!

 

I love a beer after my run (usually 3 to 5 miles), but I usually chug a bottle of water first, then open a beer.

 

Just looking at them I want to buy Marathon runners a stout. Belly up to the bar...well, best you can with that 20" waist. Cheers!;

 

In beer, the fermentable sugars have been converted to ethanol, which can be used for fuel. I'm not sure where it lands in the "simplve" vs "complex" realm. Some beers will have non-fermentable sugars remaining, but I guess if yeast can't produce ethanol and carbon dioxide from them, neither can we.

 

You're right, they are not readily available, but ethanol is made into fuel (acetyl CoA). Just doesn't benefit your liver.

As far as hydration goes, it certainly doesn't help.

 

I would recommend nobody listen to those scientists.

 

^ Link to article

^ Link to peer-reviewed article

I don't know, you're both making solid arguments. Really a toss-up as to who to believe here.

 

Appearing soon in a journal near you! A revision of the recent study, where the scientists/researchers discover that the previous results are negated by further research!

Butter's bad for you; switch to margarine!---No, wait, margarine's worse!
Oatmeal's good for you!---Except it may not make any difference.
Don't eat eggs! All that cholesterol!---But actually, they may be OK.
Salt will raise your blood pressure!---On further study, it doesn't matter.

The French do everything wrong according to "nutrition science"; too much red meat, too much tobacco, too much fat, too much alcohol, not enough exercise and yet---and yet, they have lower rates of heart disease than we in the US.

Nutrition science, yet another BS discipline where what little we know is trumped daily by what little we know that has been discovered since yesterday.

See Mike Ten's post above: "I don't know, you're both making solid arguments. Really a toss-up as to who to believe here."

(Waiting for the posts of outrage to follow from the nutrition experts.)

 

I drink a large format bottle of beer every night after my workout (within 30-60 minutes). I've lost 86lbs so far. Coincidence? I think not!



Dope

 

Imagine what the world is missing out on while you're here pounding your keyboard on BA instead of revamping the world of nutrition science.

/ Not a nutrition expert

 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609112901.htm
The guy arguing me didn't even know what he was arguing about, he could post all the articles he wants.

 

Yes, ethanol can be turned into acetyl CoA in the liver, but then it inhibits gluconeogenesis so the point is moot. Alcohol can also cause hypoglycemia.

Beer can be beneficial after a workout if it is alcohol-free (or nearly alcohol free) because it still contains carbohydrates. But it's nowhere near as beneficial as Gatorade, which contains multiple types of carbs and minerals.

And since we're on Beeradvocate, not NearBeeradvocate, most people who read this likely aren't going to reach for the non alcoholic option.

 

You said low alcohol, not alcohol-free. Nice backpedal.

Provided it is low alcohol it does serve a purpose, of course you are better off with self-tailored mineral water/protein/supplement based after workout drinks. I would say beer is better than Gatorade though.

 

You should have led with that instead of the bald-faced "Yes it's true, moron" angle you took.

Also, the article doesn't mention what the placebo was, exactly.

jtmartino is saying Gatorage > non-/ low-alcohol beer > high-alcohol beer.

Your link says non-alcoholic beer > unspecified placebo, which doesn't support your earlier statement that low-alcohol beer > Gatorade.

I'd love to know the approximate rankings, healthiness-wise, of the following 5 options, after a workout:
- water
- Gatorade
- non-alcoholic beer
- 3-4% beer
- Bigfoot

 

This part is debatable. That single study doesn't provide enough evidence nor clinical data to support the statement either way.

Polyphenols in beer may reduce inflammation, but whether or not that effect is superior to the effects of Gatorade post-exercise is undetermined. One would think that if polyphenols in beer reduced inflammation so effectively, every single athlete would drink nonalcoholic beer instead of Gatorade or similar drinks. But they don't.

 

Huh? Earlier you said:

How is that different from how I characterized what you said?

 

low alcohol is "alcohol free". Even Malzbier has alochol in it, there is no such thing as an alcohol free beer in the us or german markets. There wasn't a backpedal just a misunderstanding on your part.

Gatorade has high fructose corn syrup, anything with that shoudl be avoided in any situation.

 

So, no one can comment on a scientific discipline as an outsider? Guess we need to have the credentials of the other BAs who are posting on this thread.

And was I wrong about any of those contradictory nutrition statements that appeared in the news in the past few years?

 

You didn't - I stand by my statement. I didn't want to discount the German study, however. I don't have any scientific data to support my statement - I don't think anyone has compared Gatorade to alcohol-free beer side-by-side.

On one hand, you have energy and mineral restoration. On the other, you have the purported benefits of polyphenol compounds found in some beers. It's worth a discussion, and if someone can provide data other than a meandering study with a flawed design as evidence, I'd be willing to listen.

I say flawed design because there were a lot of variables that were not controlled for in the German study and they had multiple unrelated outcomes (who cares about whether or not the people got sick with a cold when the study was analyzing the relationship between beer and post-exercise inflammation?)

1. 3.5% beer is low alcohol, and will affect the body very differently than 0.5% beer.
2. People are afraid of HCFS because of fructose. But fructose is a simple sugar metabolized by the liver. There is nothing wrong with consuming it in controlled doses, and it's found in most fruit. Overconsumption of fructose (which is easy due to its prevalence as a low-cost sweetening agent) leads to problems.