Drink a Beer After You Work Out: It’s Healthy For You!

A new study suggests that having a beer after you exercise can help you recover even faster than water. This is the type of study that college students dream about, but somebody actually went ahead and did it!

Spanish researchers did a test with 25 college students in which they made them perform strenuous exercise in 104 degree heat. Afterwards, the participants were split into two groups: half were given water, and half were given beer.

The result showed that the hydration effect in those who drank beer was “slightly better” than those who drank water. The reason for this is that Beer can help someone who has been sweating regain liquid better than water. The bubbles in the carbonation help to quench thirst and the carbohydrates in beer help replace lost calories.

There are skeptics, of course, who say that previous studies have shown most alcoholic drinks increase the amount of liquid lost through urination.

But Dr James Betts, a nutrition expert from Bath University in Britain, said, “If you are dehydrated to start with following exercise, a beer, as opposed to a spirit, probably does not have a high enough concentration of alcohol to induce a diuretic (increased urination) effect.”

So there you have it! A doctor even said it’s true! What more excuse do we need? Start boozing it up after you hit the gym! Just make sure you stick with beer, and not straight whiskey.

Back when I was playing rugby we used to have beer practices on Fridays just because they were awesome, but maybe we were on to something…

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