I like the Skratch recovery drink, but I was looking at the ingredients and it pretty much looks like chocolate milk with lactase for digestion (and probiotics, but the latest research shows that injesting probiotics isn’t doing much). I feel like I could do this for much less cost per serving. Any…

Yup. All the things you include are good parts of a healthy diet but post workout nutrition has a specific purpose and is one of the few times in a healthy diet where an insulin spike is desirable. It’s the same logic with fruit post workout. It’s obviously a sensible part of a healthy diet but the…

Milk, Banana and cinnamon. Mix them in blender and you will have a perfect post workout drink. This will help you to kill appetite for sugar, will provide muscle recovery and a good night sleep. It contains Protein plus casein and amino acids.

Im still 100% behind my chocolate milk theory!!:+1::wink:

250ml full cream milk 1 frozen banana (I peel 3 or 4 at a time and freeze them in a plastic tupperware) 30g spinach (because its leafy and green and healthy) Flavouring : either cinnamon or cocoa (heaped teaspoon) Tastes delicious, hits 4:1, 250ish Cal so perfect for immediately after a workout

Although I will keep doing what works for me :slight_smile:

For me it’s Strawberry Smoothie … :blush::blush::blush:

150mL of milk 150mL of water 1 banana 7-8 frozen raspberries 1 tbs of honey 1 tbs of almond butter Blend it and enjoy :slight_smile:

Vanilla sweetened almond milk, various forms of chocolate protein powder(20-30g of pro), 1T of Hershey’s simple 5 chocolate syrup. Comes out roughly 2:1 cho to pro, and then I eat Swedish fish, rice Chex, Hawaiian sweet rolls etc to get to 4:1.

This is a very interesting conversation on a subject that has kept me awake for a while. I have 2 questions or comments: 1.- When some of you say things like “it works for me”, “it’s the best”, etc. what do you actually mean? How do you “measure” the benefit? how do you know that it works? Most…

[image] mon269: I struggle to meet the 4:1 ration and 20g of protein at the same time Perhaps I’ve missed this elsewhere in the thread - but where does the 20g of protein recommendation come from? The 3:1 or 4:1 ratio I’ve seen in loads of places, but 20g of protein is new to me

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For me it’s Strawberry Smoothie…

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