Don’t Eat This After A Workout

To gain the maximum benefits out of our workouts, we need to pay more attention to the food we eat. The truth of the matter is, our bodies require specific nutrients after a workout.

This means that if you take the wrong foods, you’ll end up doing more harm than good to your body. After every workout, you should eat proteins, vegetables and whole grains and avoid fat and sugar-charged foods.
Let’s take a look at 5 types of food that have a negative effect on your body and shouldn’t be eaten after a workout.

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1. Raw Vegetables

Raw Vegetables

Raw vegetables can’t do that since they have a very low calorie count. However, if you still want to have your veggies post-workout, you should accompany them with a protein-filled plate or yogurt dipping to help you get your energy back.

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2. Pizza!

Pizza

We all love pizza because of many reasons but mainly because it is convenient and tasty. However, having pizza after your workout is not advisable at all.

For starters, a slice of pizza has an insane amount of calories. This makes it easy to eat back all the calories you’d burned off during your workout making all your efforts useless.

Secondly, the cheese and meat in pizza are hard to process. As a result, you won’t immediately feel the filling effect immediately you eat.

This makes you feel more hungry and prompts you to eat more pizza. So, by eating pizza after a workout, you can end up eating all the calories you need for the day in one seating which is not healthy.

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3. Potato Chips

Potato Chips

High levels of salt slows down potassium intake in the body leaving you feeling tired. The point of working out is to leave your body feeling energized and eating potato chips will cancel out that effect. So, you should stay away from them after your workouts.

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4. Pop Drinks

One of the things our bodies crave immediately after a workout is a cool drink. More often than not, we always go for the carbonated soft-drinks. However, this is a bad choice. Most of these pop drinks are packed with lots of chemicals, sugars and calories.

This combination leaves you craving for more instead of feeling satisfied hence not serving their intended purpose. Water is always the best option and you can sip it during and after your workout. If water isn’t available.

You can try out a drink that contains a steady amount of carbs or proteins, for example, a glass of low-fat milk.

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5. Fried Delicacies

Fried Delicacies

Well, fried delicacies have a high number of calories and that’s what you need after a workout, right? Wrong! Although fried delicacies might replenish your energy supply, they also add on a huge amount of unwanted calories making your workout useless.

We don’t want all your hard work to be cancelled out simply because of some fries, burger or fried chicken. Stay away from fried delicacies after a workout, period!

With this information, you can now make healthier and more beneficial food choices to eat post-workout. Remember, what you eat affects your body and the outcome of your workout.

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