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Post-Workout Snack May Hamper Weight Loss
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The third study was all about timing. Participants were given identical meals before, immediately after or three hours after cycling for 75 minutes.
The effectiveness of insulin was about the same no matter what the time, the study revealed.
"That really didn't make a whole lot of difference, which surprised us," Braun stated. "What did seem to matter was whether you ate back calories, and whether those calories were mostly carbohydrates."
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There's more on how to get the most out of your workout at the American College of Sports Medicine.
SOURCES: Barry S. Braun, Ph.D., associate professor, kinesiology, and director, Energy Metabolism Laboratory, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Jim White, R.D., personal trainer, registered dietitian and national spokesman, American Dietetic Association, Virginia Beach, Va.; 2008 and December 2005 Journal of Applied Physiology; 2007 Journal of Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism
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