Effects of recovery beverages on glycogen restoration and endurance exercise performance.

Postexercise ingestion of a high carbohydrate-protein beverage resulted in a 128% greater storage of muscle glycogen compared to a traditional sports beverage.

• A 55% greater time to exhaustion was observed during subsequent exercise after consuming the high carbohydrate-protein beverage.
• Ingestion of the high carbohydrate-protein beverage led to a 17% greater plasma glucose response than the traditional sports beverage.
• The insulin response was 92% greater following the high carbohydrate-protein beverage compared to the traditional sports beverage.
• The findings suggest a relationship between recovery rates and muscle glycogen replenishment after exercise.

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