Chocolate Milk can Boost Swimmers' Performance

Drinking chocolate milk after a hard swim can improve the performance of swimmers, a new study reveals. In a sport where seconds and even tenths of a second can make a big difference and intense practice routines are the norm, Indiana University researchers found that when collegiate, trained swimmers recovered with chocolate milk after an exhaustive swim, they swam faster in time trials later that same day. On average, they shaved off 2.1 seconds per ...