It appears that Australian sports like Cricket and Rugby League were almost genius in their approach to post exercise nutrition as a German Brewery plan to market their non-alcoholic beer as the answer to all of your sporting re-hydration needs.
In the article Erdinger suggests ‘Alkoholfrei’ can reverse the trend of declining non-alcoholic beer sales in the US and claims to be an “isotonic” sports drink loaded with the carbohydrates and vitamins athletes need to recover from a workout. Besides alcohol, beer contains sodium, potassium, carbohydrates and B vitamins.
As far as nutritional value goes – I wouldn’t be recommending this to my athletes any time soon and as sports nutritionists agree: ‘it still doesn’t have enough of the vital substances to facilitate recovery from a serious workout.’
As for the average Joe reaching for an ‘Alkoholfrei’ out of the esky after a long hot day on the sporting field – I’d have to say its going to be a massive improvement calorie wise on a regular stubby, but still unnecessary.
Lastly, for those of us who are paying extra attention to calories in an attempt to lose weight or body fat, I’d recommend water before any Sports, Vitamin or energy drinks on the market. When you’re looking at 125+ kCal per bottle, the calorie density outweighs the health benefit ratios every time!
I just stick with water! LOL the thought of cracking open an alkoholfrei after a big leg session at the gym is hilarious!
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