| Many bodybuilders consume maltodextrin or dextrose | | | | a cheat meal, or if you're in a bulking phase and extra |
| for the energy required to complete 60 to 120 minutes | | | | calories are what you are seeking. Honey can be |
| weight and cardio training sessions. These | | | | purchased at any grocery store, and can be a great |
| carbohydrate sources are selected because of their | | | | grab if you're on the road without a good protein |
| slow-burning nature, which aids in blood glucose level | | | | shake, and just picking up some lunch meat or other |
| management following workouts as well. However, | | | | quick protein source following a workout. Knock down |
| many bodybuilders are quickly discovering that honey | | | | 1-2 tablespoons of honey with the meat for |
| is a great substitute with some additional benefits. | | | | maximization of that time period following a workout. A |
| Honey, like dextrose, is terrific in post-workout protein | | | | fast food solution (which should always be the |
| shakes for increasing insulin levels in this very small | | | | exception, not the rule) would be some KFC chicken |
| anabolic growth window. Not only does it provide a | | | | smothered in honey from their handy honey packets. |
| different taste (always a plus in the bland world we | | | | Honey also provides additional anti-oxidant effects on |
| know as bodybuilding nutrition), but the body, which can | | | | the body, making it doubly useful for bodybuilders in |
| actually stretch this anabolic window for a longer | | | | that all-important recovery window following a |
| period of time, also burns it slower. Honey should not | | | | workout. Be careful if you are allergic to honey (as |
| replace dextrose as your primary post-workout | | | | many are) and consult a doctor if you have any |
| carbohydrate source. After all, nearly half of its calories | | | | adverse reactions to this tasty and useful food. Enjoy |
| come from fructose, the carb flavor that often | | | | the variety and added benefits that honey can provide |
| becomes fat. But it is a viable option to keep on hand | | | | to your bodybuilding diet! |
| should you ever run out of dextrose, if you're enjoying | | | | |