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Post-Workout Nutrition: Avoid Combining Carbs and Protein

by Dr. Jennifer Chen

Doing physical exercise regularly is very important to feel good and lead a healthy life, although each person may have different goals and objectives with their training. Therefore, it is not only important to choose the exercises we do well, but also the food we accompany them with in the day to day.

The Argentine doctor Sebastián de la Rosa, who has close to a million followers and Instagram and almost half a million en TikTokusually gives numerous advice on health, well-being, nutrition and longevity. In one of his videoshas explained that, if what you are looking for is develop muscle mass, it is not advisable to combine extra carbohydrates with proteins after training.

As he reveals, “we have evidence that shows us that eating extra carbohydrates along with protein after exercising not only does not lead to you synthesizing more muscle mass and growing more muscle mass, but it does slows the rate at which you can absorb and digest those proteins that you just consumed, slowing down the rate at which you have those amino acids available.

Scientific studies

Therefore, a counterproductive effect is generated; La Rosa details that there has been scientific studies that demonstrate this phenomenonfor which we worked with the amino acid known as phenylaline. “In these studies, what was basically seen is that eating extra carbohydrates did not increase the amount of amino acids and proteins that were deposited in the muscle, in fact They delayed the speed at which this happened“explains the doctor.

For those looking to develop their muscle mass while losing fat and reducing their overweight, De la Rosa recommends instead combine strength exercises with a low-calorie diet (low in calories and high in protein).

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