What Kind of Carbs Post Workout?

Diet and Nutrition
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would it be better to eat some oatmeal with my post workout shake than spinach? i know green veggies dont count toward daily carb count but they are still carbs. which would yield better muscle building?

gonna start taking that popeye berry shake for breakfast. should i alternate carbs and spinach on workout/non workout days?

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[quote]talon2nr7588 wrote:
would it be better to eat some oatmeal with my post workout shake than spinach? i know green veggies dont count toward daily carb count but they are still carbs. which would yield better muscle building?

gonna start taking that popeye berry shake for breakfast. should i alternate carbs and spinach on workout/non workout days?[/quote]

The best carbs post workout? Read up on Surge in the T-Nation store on this site. You should use it but even if you don’t reading the article will give you a better understanding of carbs, protein, and post workout recovery.

D

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If the choices are oats or vegetables it’s oats by a mile. That wouldn’t be my first choice for sure though.

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Baked potato along with the protein shake would be better than either of those. You want something that will digest quick.

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Check out the following articles for John Berardi’s review of this topic.

http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do?id=460833
http://www.t-nation.com/readArticle.do?id=462147

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would this be ok for a morning shake instead?

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Sweet Potato is pretty good P/W carb source. Also if you can find Quinoa flakes you can make them like Oats, they are pretty good.

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Try to go with something high GI during/right after, and something slower about 60-90 mins after that. Right after I usually go ‘milk w/ whey’ or dextrose/malto mix with whey. Then for the PWO meal a sweet potato and meat or quinoa and meat, or oats and cottage cheese.

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Oatmeal or spinach POst workout?! They’re both poor choices. PIck something that actually has some sugar in it. Spinach has none, and oatmeal has 0-1g (maybe). Post training is the only time you really want the ‘bad’ carbs -lol I opt for a poptart with my whey shake.

S

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Poptarts. Yum. Especially when you toast them of pop them in the microwave. <3 smores, cinnnamon, apple, mixed berry, ok I love them all!