Chocolate milk can make body slimmer

Drink chocolate milk apparently can make our body slimmer. That was a conclusion from a research. Really? In our daily lives, most adult people reluctantly or even stop to drink milk because they are afraid that it will add their weight.

Whereas, according to a study that was published in Journal of Strenght and Conditioning Research, drinking a low fat chocolate milk will build muscles, reduce fat and enhance body immune system.

Dr. John Ivy, a main researcher from The University of Texas explained, both professional athletes and amateur athletes enjoyed physical recovering benefit when they drank low fat chocolate milk after they practiced.

"Benefits that study contestants gained were more muscles in their bodies compositions and less fat so it enhances physical form for overall better than their colleagues that only consumed carbohydrate," Dr. Ivy explained.

If we compared with another drinks, they who drink chocolate milk will absorb oxygen better. They also look more fit when they bike for four and a half weeks, doing intense training five days in a week.

Maximum oxygen absorbing is one indicator an athlete has endurance and ability to do continuous training. The study involved 32 females and males biker athletes both professional and amateur. Nevertheless, you need to consider about sugar composition in chocolate milk. Moreover, adult people and kids have different muscles and different metabolism systems than athletes.

We need to remember that too much sugar can cause obesity, just like drink soda. "Indeed, we haven't really understand yet the exact mechanism what caused low fat chocolate milk gave such a big benefit for athletes," Dr. Ivy explained.

However, according to Dr. Ivy, there are natural protein and carbohydrate mixture in milk that offers significant benefit.