Eight years ago while attending a strength coaches clinic at Moellor High School I heard current Kentucky Assistant Strength Coach, Ted Lambrinides say chocolate milk was the best post workout/recovery drink. Eight years later, I still think drinking milk is absurd and adding chocolate doesn't make it any better.
In his blog piece: Flavored Milk: Super food or Soda in Drag? Andy Bellatti, MS tears apart the myth and media surrounding milk as the "super food".
Most perplexing however, is how a beverage made with added sugar (which are empty calories, providing absolutely no nutrition) can somehow be touted as a powerful weight-loss tool. Three eight-ounce servings of chocolate milk–an amount that meets the suggested amount of daily dairy servings–contribute 36 grams of added sugar. That’s four grams shy of a 12-ounce can of Coca-Cola,and as much added sugar as 12 Dunkin’ Donuts cinnamon cake Munchkins (donut holes). Plain and simple, you’re looking at 144 empty calories.
Dr David Marcon
Working Smarter Not Harder!
Cincinnati, Ohio
www.drdavidmarcon.com
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