Imagine after a Super Bowl victory that the winning coach gets a cooler of chocolate milk dumped on his head.
Although that may sound bizarre, there is intriguing research being conducted about the wisdom of replacing Gatorade with chocolate milk — at least for exercise.
Researchers have been releasing information the last six years that explores whether chocolate milk is better than a sports drink at the end of a workout.
"I would say about in the last five years, I have heard of it as a recovery drink from the NCAA, which looked into it," said Rodney Hansen, nutrition professor at Weber State University. "Personally, I remember 25 years ago drinking chocolate milk when I was an athlete in college and loving it."
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