News Finding: It may seem counterintuitive to put calories back into your body right after you've spent the effort to burn them off.
Paper Finding: However, there can be considerable differences in the responses observed depending on the intensity of the exercise performed.
News Context: A single ounce of cheese has over six grams of high-quality protein. It may seem counterintuitive to put calories back into your body right after you've spent the effort to burn them off. Of course, not all carbs and proteins are created equal; what you eat afterward is nearly as important as the workout itself.
Paper Context: This dependence on oxidative metabolism and involvement of a large muscle mass leads to higher rates of total substrate turnover and under certain conditions, depletion of muscle glycogen in the active muscles. However, there can be considerable differences in the responses observed depending on the intensity of the exercise performed. What is evident is that when milk is compared to carbohydrate based sports drinks, similar responses in many physiological variables are observed during the exercise.