Personally my most common drink when exercising is high quality water plus high quality sea salt. However, people seem to feel that is not enough to optimize their performance. I steer people away from sports drinks because they contain a lot of junk which is not beneficial to health or performance. Anyway, a recipe came …
I’ve been seeing a lot of people recently who test and respond well to proteolytic enzymes (aka proteases and peptidases) for joint pain, especially for athletes who are runners or play sports with a high occurrence of joint injuries. I think this might be a major missing piece of nutritional information being given to athletes. …
In July 2010 Consumer Reports found heavy metal contamination in several protein drinks. They tested for arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury and found at least 1 in each drink tested: Protein Drinks: What’s in them? Consumer Reports For athletes looking for a protein drink I would recommend using whole foods where possible and only supplementing …
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