Making sure that milk is always on the table is an easy way you can help build a strong family.
Milk is naturally nutrient-rich like no other beverage, and provides 9 essential nutrients that your family needs.
Refuel with Chocolate Milk
Ruth Carey, RD, CSSD, LD
Ruth is a nutrition consultant specializing in sports nutrition, general fitness, weight control and disordered eating. Ruth has written for several publications including Muscle and Fitness Hers, Advance for Nurse Practitioners and has been frequently quoted in Shape. She has appeared on Good Morning America, Weekend Today Show and the Food Network. Ruth is the sports nutritionist for the Portland Trail Blazers NBA basketball team, and consults for Portland State athletics and Lewis and Clark track and field teams.
People are beginning to look at milk in an entirely new way - as a fitness and post-exercise drink. Whether you like to swim, do yoga, play at the park with your kids, or take long walks on the weekend, chocolate milk is a nutrient-rich powerhouse that provides the fuel you need when you're active and the fluid, nutrients and protein to help refuel after exercise.
Experts suggest the first two hours after exercise is the best time to refuel and rehydrate your body. Proper rehydration like drinking chocolate milk after a workout can keep you and your family in top shape!
Chocolate milk also provides key benefits that are essential to your overall wellness whether you are working out or simply relaxing at home with your family. Decades of studies show that drinking milk increases bone density and overall lean muscle. Plus, drinking milk is one of the easiest and most efficient ways to increase calcium and vitamin D.
Recovery Routine
Learn about the recovery benefits of milk for you and your active teens from NBA sports dietitian Ruth Carey by watching the video below. For other great recovery resources for you and your active kids, click here.
On their November 9th broadcast, the hit television series "The Doctors" touted the nutritional benefits of chocolate milk as a recovery beverage. Click on the video below to view their discussion of chocolate milk's powerful combination of protein, calcium and carbohydrates - a perfect mix for an athlete's recovery.
