Study: Fat-Free Milk Helps Women after Workout

(WebMD) Women who do weight-lifting exercise routines may be better off drinking two large glasses of milk than sugar-based energy drinks after workout regimens, a new study shows.

 

McMaster University researchers in Canada report they found that women who drank two large glasses of milk after weight-lifting exercises gained more muscle and lost more fat than women who drank sugar-based energy drinks.

 

The finding is published in the June issue of Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise.

 

"Resistance training is not a typical choice of exercise for women, but the health benefits of resistance training are enormous," Stuart M. Phillips, a professor of kinesiology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, said in a news release. "It boosts strength, bone, muscular and metabolic health in a way that other types of exercise cannot."

 

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