{"id":5830,"date":"2009-02-23T13:06:45","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T18:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=5830"},"modified":"2009-02-23T13:06:45","modified_gmt":"2009-02-23T18:06:45","slug":"protein-vs-carbs-post-work-out-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/protein-vs-carbs-post-work-out-fuel\/","title":{"rendered":"Protein vs. Carbs: Post Workout Fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/tag\/running\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5927\" title=\"woman-running\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/woman-running.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>There has been a constant battle between which foods are the right foods to eat after a long, hard workout. Honestly, I strongly believe that it depends on the type of exercise you are doing. <a title=\"weights\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/tag\/weights\/\" target=\"_self\">Weight lifting<\/a> is an anaerobic exercise, which means it is done with little or no use of oxygen. Jogging is an aerobic exercise, which requires the muscles and body to use oxygen.<\/p>\n<p>So, according to the <a title=\"protein vs. carbs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/muscles-want-protein-not-carbs\/\" target=\"_self\">latest news<\/a> about which foods are most beneficial after exercising, protein takes the cake. I honestly recommend eating within 15 to 30 minutes of working out and intaking a combination of the two depending on the type and intensity level\u00a0of the workout.<\/p>\n<p>After weight training, I recommend intaking more protein than carbs and vis-versa with prolonged running. The body needs both after long bouts of exercise to help replenish (carbs), rebuild (protein), and repair (protein)\u00a0what was lost and broken down.<\/p>\n<p><em>See Matt&#8217;s <a title=\"post-workout snacks\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/10-perfect-post-workout-snacks\/\" target=\"_self\">Top 10 Post-Workout Snacks<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a constant battle between which foods are the right foods to eat after a long, hard workout. Honestly, I strongly believe that it depends on the type of exercise you are doing. Weight lifting is an anaerobic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/protein-vs-carbs-post-work-out-fuel\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[439,952,1166,162,211,608],"class_list":["post-5830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-aerobics","tag-anaerobic","tag-carbohydrates","tag-protein","tag-running","tag-weight-training"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5830"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5926,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5830\/revisions\/5926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}