You Might Not Be Hungry After a Workout—But You Should Still Eat Something
Exercise blunts your hunger during and after training. The adage to eat when you’re hungry isn’t wholly accurate when it comes to people who exercise a lot. That’s because longer bouts of intense exercise can mess with your hunger cues both during your training and afterward. When you’re exercising, your body naturally redirects your blood away from your digestive tract to send oxygen to your working muscles. This creates an environment that affects your gut microbiome and appetite hormones,Stacy Sims, PHD, an athlete performance physiologist based in New Zealand whose research focuses on women,tells SELF. Specifically, this lack of blood flow in the GI tract ....
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