Two thousand years ago, Greek athletes literally gorged themselves on honey before the upcoming Olympics, knowing that he "pumped" their energy and endurance! Honey contains glucose and fructose, which produce huge stores of glycogen in the liver.
Honey is one of the oldest foods we eat. It's good to eat it both before and after exercising, especially when it comes to strength training.
If you eat honey before training, your body's stamina will increase and more energy will appear. If honey is consumed along with protein products (for example, protein-containing shakes) after training, then exhausted and tired muscles and general energy tone will recover much faster.
How to use honey for athletes?
It's simple. You need to make honey as part of the drink, which should be drunk 2 hours before and 2 hours after training. The recipes for these drinks are very similar to special drinks for athletes produced by an industrial method.
So the recipes:
Honey with orange
- 1 teaspoon of honey;
- 200 ml of freshly squeezed orange juice;
- 50 ml of water.
When mixing the ingredients, first dissolve the honey completely in warm water, then refrigerate the mixture and add orange juice. The nutritional value of the received amount of drink is 75 kcal, sugar - 19 g, carbohydrates - 21 g, potassium - 85 mg.
Honey with lemon
- 1 teaspoon of honey;
- 30 ml of freshly squeezed lemon juice;
- 50 ml of water.
Of course, honey can be consumed in other ways as well. It is very useful to add it as part of your breakfast. It can be added to porridge or cottage cheese, spread on cheese or bread.
And even delicious green tea with honey is just a storehouse of antioxidants!
Between meals, you can have a snack with fruit and honey. 1 teaspoon of honey contains 64 kcal, 17 g of carbohydrates and a whole range of vitamins and minerals.
It should be noted that honey is also good for the figure. Try replacing sugar with honey and you will be able to reduce the number of unnecessary calories.
