RUNNING/EXERCISING, a Little or Alot, Do You Replenish with Lloyd's FAVORITE??

As an Exercise Guru for decades, my husband has always taught his clients and makes sure he, himself Replenishes and Hydrates the body after Exercising! And before and during as well. And water, for the most part, is not enough! Here is a summary on the importance of why a product like RECHARGE by R.W. Knudsen may be of interest to you. Lloyd uses it daily! Consider it the "healthy" version of sugary/artificial Gatorade in his opinion.

Electrolytes are elements like sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium that are needed for the body to function properly. These elements help to regulate fluids, and they're essential for muscle and nerve function. When you exercise, you sweat out electrolytes--especially if you work out for longer than 30 minutes at a time.  Even with this amount of exercise, you can lose up to 2% of your fluid volume in your body! This can put stress on the heart, and w/electrolyte depletion, you can later find yourself with headaches, leg cramping up to 24 hours after, dehydration even though drinking water, and fatigue and tiredness!

We prefer Knudsen's Recharge and feel it is a perfect product for exercising. It is all natural, not colored and flavored with artificial "stuff" like it's perhaps overrated competitor. It is sweetened with a very moderate amount of white grape juice, there are no sugars added. It has the necessary electrolytes and minerals to replenish and bring your blood sugar up, without the DROP from the refined sugary  "other one." It is mild tasting, will not taste overly sweet and comes in orange, mixed berry, lemon, and grape, and just came out in a powdered one serving packet to be mixed in water!  We purchase our RECHARGE when it is on sale at a local chain grocery store here called Fred Meyer, and usually pay .99 a bottle and buy it by the case!  You need to watch for the sales, but it is well worth trying if you work out, run, or exercise at all!  We find it glycemically loads so much better over all other sports drinks used. If you open our kitchen cupboards, you will see Recharge in abundance ;-)

Now for some fun!  There is currently alot of research showing that for the serious, consistent exerciser, there is a drink packed with carbohydrates and protein, something that depleted muscles need to recover. It is suggested that a moderate serving of Chocolate milk (remember Michael Phelps doing this?) after you exercise may rebuild exhausted muscles .  Muscles that have been "ripped and torn," in rigorous exercise need to repair and rebuild into healthy muscle mass. And the combination of a good carb, I suggest DARK chocolate for the sweetener, and a drink with some protein and calcium may be a winner. But you KNOW, I am not going to suggest regular chocolate milk!  Too much refined sugar, and milk, as Mayo clinic says, is on the NO NO list for health. (Creates mucous, can be a liquid form of ingesting hormones and antibiotics and is often hard to digest) Soooooooo, do not fear! Be creative, and as always, looks for a substitute. In the above picture, this particular brand of chocolate soy milk is not genetically altered, so may be an option.  Even better,  if you use Rice Milk as we do, or Coconut milk or Almond milk, they are great alternatives, and come already in the chocolate mode, or I found the following chocolate you could add, available at Trader Joes.  Or you can find other hot cocoa mixes with a high cacao percentage and sweetened with something other than white sugar. Usually it will be evaporated cane juice, as in this one. Drink it hot or cold in your "alternative milks," OR put a small amount of your rice,  almond  or coconut milk in your cup or glass, add your teaspoons or tablespoon, your preference, of natural cocoa/chocolate  mix, stir and microwave, THEN add the rest of the cold liquid. If you try and mix this cocoa mix in cold milk first thing, it won't work or mix.  The method I use, works fine.

So consider these options when doing one of the most important parts of the GOOD HEALTH and OPTIMAL WEIGHT  "wheel." EXERCISE! 
Consider RECHARGE. Consider dark, antioxidant rich, chocolate in moderation in an alternative milk if you are needing to repair muscles, etc. Both will do much more than just using water, thinking that is enough when you are running/working out/swimming/or weight lifting! CHEERS. I am so happy to see SO many of you making consistent changes to improve your lives! Thanks for being MY inspiration! ;-)