Posted: 04/11/2011 Last Updated: 9 hours and 46 minutes ago
By: Mike Markewinski KSHB-TV
Forget water or Gatorade. The drink of choice to rehydrate after a good workout is beer. Researchers at Granada University in Spain found beer can help retain liquid better than water alone. RELATED | Americans like beer and drink a lot, but not nearly as much as many other countries
The results were published in the British newspaper The Telegraph. The study involved a group of students who were asked to work out until their body temperature reached 104 degrees. Researchers then gave beer to half of the students and water to the other half. RELATED | List of the 10 countries that drink the most alcohol
They said the bubbles in the beer help quench thirst while the carbohydrates help make up for burned calories. A cardiologist with the Real Madrid football team told the paper he has long recommended beer to professional sportsmen after exhausting activities.