So what is the best food to re-fuel?
You’ve sweated out all the toxins and now you are STARVING!
Whichever physical activity you enjoy, these key nutrients will help your body recover after your workout.
- Protein
- Magnesium
- Carbohydrates
We are also going to share recipes to get these nutrients into your diet.
Protein
After intense training your body naturally enters a catabolic (muscle breakdown) phase.
To aid recovery, eat protein five to fifteen minutes after working out.
Good sources include Plant Protein, Chia Seeds, Hemp Seeds and Spirulina.
Recipes
5 Chia Pudding flavours (Click Here)
7 Plant-based protein smoothies (Click Here)
Magnesium
This alkaline mineral is easily lost through sweating. It is required for hundreds of metabolic actions throughout the body. It plays a key role in muscle and nerve control so if you’re prone to aches or stiffness, this nutrient is essential.
Magnesium rich foods include dark leafy greens – kale, spinach, parsley – as well as cacao, which are all great smoothie additions.
Check out our Cacao powder HERE (We also have cacao nibs, paste & butter.)
Recipes
Banana Cacao Bread (Click Here)
Carbohydrates
Carbs are needed to replenish glycogen, which is depleted after heavy training.
If you have returned from a morning workout and don’t feel desperately hungry, then a smoothie or juice might be enough to last until a mid morning snack. But if you’ve trained like a Trojan, go for something more sustaining like gluten free oats.
Recipe
Cacao & Peanut Butter Porridge (Click Here)
-We recommend adding a scoop of your favourite plant protein & topping with cacao nibs to get all of the key post workout nutrients-
Top Tip
-Meal Prepping-
Be organised. To ensure that these key nutrients get added to your diet & avoid binging after a workout & PREPARE.
Prep, prep & PREP.
If you organise your meals so that it is ready to go as soon as your done your workout, you will love your past self for preparing it & optimize nutrition!
Our Products
- Chia Seeds
- Cacao Nibs, Powder, Paste & Butter.
- Plant Proteins
-Rice
-Pea
-Hemp
(In Vanilla & Berry Flavours)
Because we <3 you guys, when you buy three or more products you get 10% off!
