Backed by research with Monash University, Bega has launched Good Sport, a flavoured milk that can optimise exercise recovery compared to an electrolyte drink.
Commissioned research by Bega with Monash University found that consuming chocolate milk in the hours after breaking a sweat, delivered benefits including better rehydration, better carbohydrate refuelling and better muscle protein repair, compared to other exercise recovery beverages.
Associate Professor Ricardo Costa who led the research is pleased to reveal the role that flavoured milk can play in exercise recovery and to see how Good Sport can make exercise recovery more appealing to active Australians.
“The clinical trials showed that flavoured dairy milk consumed after exercise was more effective as a rehydration beverage compared to a standard carbohydrate-electrolyte beverage.
“Optimal nutrition after exercise is crucial for recovery, and we’re starting to understand that our gut and immune system can be compromised immediately following exercise, so it’s exciting to see how consuming dairy milk after exercise can help support the recovery of the gut and immune system too," said Costa.
Taste and lack of believability are two of the main reasons Aussies avoid traditional sports recovery drinks.
Made from milk and a scientifically proven ratio of nutrients, Good Sport makes refuelling after a workout easy.
Bega’s Good Sport is available in chocolate and strawberry flavours in the flavoured milk fridges at select Coles and Woolworths stores, independent retailers and convenience stores nationally.
