Nutritional Strategies to Improve Post-exercise Recovery and Subsequent Exercise Performance: A Narrative Review.

ABSTRACT: Post-exercise recovery strategies influence the body's ability to restore physiological homeostasis, replenish energy stores, repair muscle damage, and promote desired adaptations, which improve exercise performance. This narrative review examines the impact of nutritional strategies commonly used for enhancing recovery and subsequent exercise performance, particularly when athletes face short recovery periods. Carbohydrate ingestion is essential for glycogen replenishment, especially within the initial hours post-exercise, with its impact dependent on the types, timing, and amount. Protein is essential for accelerating muscle recovery and achieving a positive nitrogen balance, depending on the type and dosage. The co-ingestion of carbohydrates with proteins or fats is explored for its rol

SUBMITTER: Naderi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12297025 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature