vsopking

... In the news paper today... as tested in Belgium: a group of well trained bikers were on their bikes for a good hour; after that half of them were given an energy drink - the other half had chocolate milk.
The quantity of sugar was the same... Then they had to ride/workout again. The bikers that had the chocolate milk could continue longer, had more energy left - up to 1,5 times!
(maybe sponsored ?)

Dorsilfin

Everyone knows Chocolate milk is > Recovery drinks/energy drinks/whatever else people pay too much money for..


only problem is try carrying chocolate milk for 2+ hours on a 90 degree day....

MR6690

my post ride drink is usually a big glass of choc milk with some choc protein powder mixed in. yum yum

El Diablo Rojo

The test that was done here in the states was sponsored by the Dairy Council...draw your own conclusions.

vsopking

Usually I mix some fruity "cool best" with water - but I realize that real energy drinks are rather expensive - from a budget point of view it may be a good idea? Or not. Whatever -

Fat Boy

There was a guy that I played football with in high school that would constantly drink chocolate milk and eat 'Nilla Wafers after 2-a-day and 3-a-day practices. At the time it about made me want to wretch. It turns out he was onto something. Who woulda thunk it?

El Diablo Rojo

There people who can do that..Chris Horner...Chad "Ochocinco'' Johnson (claims he eats at Micky D's three times a day)...Tyrell Owens...eat crappy food and excel. I'm not one of them...I've got to really watch my diet or I'll pay for it later.

Idahofish

https://www.thechocolategold.com/

Many Football teams use the chocolate (and strawberry) milk for post workouts as well.

KRhea

Tests comparing chocolate milk to other "recovery" drinks have been done for years, way before the Dairy Council was ever involved.
Here's a CBS news report from 2006 with info concerning chocolate mike vs branded drinks:

https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...n1342839.shtml

The Dairy Council became involved only after the other studies continued to show a benefit and garner media play. Smart marketing on the Dairy Council's part.

Numerous sport-med journals as well as cycling publications have talked of the benefits of post ride chocolate milk for years.
The cost/benefit ratio of chocolate milk compared to "branded" recovery drinks is off the charts in favor of chocolate milk.

KRhea

caloso

Chocolate milk + two scoops of protein powder = my not-so-secret weapon

gmh39

its got protein and sugar. so its got both long and short term energy. energy drinks only have massive amounts of sugar, not so much protein.

cydewaze

Chocolate milk > *

But it has to be whole chocolate milk. The lowfat versions are full of yucky things.

rumblebelly

Energy drinks have a lot of crap in them too, beyond the sugar. You would be better off drinking the new pepsi/mt dew throwbacks with real sugar and no HFCS. Energy drinks have a lot of pure unadulterated crap in them which counteracts any benefit they give. It's hard to find any good article promoting energy drinks and lengthy exercise, pretty much everyone says stay away when using as a recovery drink.

I'm stickin' with chocolate milk, water, home made juices, gatorade etc. Or vitamin water (snapple had some good stuff though I can't find it anymore)

caloso

Mexican Coca-Cola (!Es la Cosa Verdadera!) too. Sucrose, not HFCS, the way God intended.

Pharmr

that stuff is awesome!!!...but I'm still a choco milk guy for after rides.

mark_dc

I like chocolate milk after a ride and at a reststop. Just have to be careful about how much you drink and how soon you ride hard, afterwards. Too much of both and you'll feel it in the stomach.

agarose2000

All the hype with "energy" drinks etc. are BS. For real. All the so called scientific studies that were performed on them are in small journals with almost zero impact factor (in the academic world).

Nothing wrong with good old natural milk and sugar. Worked before, works now.

lukasz

Definitely. I am wary of a lot of this sports-branded stuff. That includes vitamin water as of yesterday, when I noticed that my power-c had 13 grams of sugar in one serving. One bottle is 2.5 servings. I poured the 1/4 bottle I had left into the sink. That was the first vitamin water I've had in a few months and it'll be the last for awhile.

On a positive note, the protein shake type drinks from odwalla and naked juice are awesome both in flavor and nutritional content (and also awesomely expensive).

tndefender

+1...add a banana and it is even better (all that potassium).

I am new to road biking but a long time runner and I can attest that chocolate milk is an excellent recovery drink. My son, a high school cross country runner, agrees.

Val23708

chocolate soy milk > chocolate milk... though i guess you get some growth hormone through cows milk.

rumblebelly

Screw it, I'm buying some of that Chocolate Silk tomorrow. It looks delicious.

Puffyg

Go figure that just a good wholesome drink is better for you and helps the body more than the chemicaly pumped up and simulated flavour drinks that is pumped out along with all the rest of the crappy food that is put out there for us North Americans to eat or drink.

anticlimbactic

it is.

Bob Dopolina 

Can you say fat? Say it with me, fat. F-A-T. Fatty, fat, fat.

What intensity were they riding at? Under what conditions and what had they eaten 48 prior to the test and on and on...

Bob Dopolina 

Incorrect.