Chocolate Milk: The New Sports Drink?

Study Shows Chocolate Milk May Help Athletic Performance
By Richard Sine, WebMD Medical News
Reviewed By Michael Smith, MD on Friday, February 24, 2006

Feb. 24, 2006 -- During a 2004 Summer Olympics awash in controversies over steroids and supplements, one sportswriter wryly noticed that top American swimmer Michael Phelps was playing it safe -- he preferred to drink Carnation Instant Breakfast between races.

Now it appears that the six-time gold medalist may have been onto something. A new study shows that plain old chocolate milk may be as good -- or better -- than sports drinks like Gatorade at helping athletes recover from strenuous exercise....

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