福音！運動後可以吃快餐

Eating fast food after a workout may be just as beneficial as dietary supplements, a study has claimed.
一項研究表明，運動後吃快餐可能和吃營養補充品一樣有益。

Researchers found that during recovery periods between periods of exercise, it didn’t matter what food was eaten.
研究者發現在運動後的恢復期間，吃什麼食物並不重要。

Performance remained the same after resting for several hours, while levels of glycogen - used by muscles as ‘fuel’ - were actually slightly higher after fast food was eaten as a recovery food.
因爲運動者在休息幾小時後表現一樣，雖然糖原——肌肉的“燃料”——的水平實際上在快餐作爲恢復食品食用時略微高一點。

The research, published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, was led by University of Montana graduate student Michael Cramer.
這項由蒙大拿大學研究生馬克爾•克拉瑪（Michael Cramer）牽頭進行的研究發表於《國際運動營養與運動代謝雜誌》（International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism）上。

In the study, 11 male athletes were asked to fast for 12 hours, before a 90-minute endurance workout.
在這項研究中，11名男運動員在進行90分鐘耐力鍛鍊前被要求禁食12小時。

After this, half were fed hot cakes, hash browns and orange juice, followed by a burger, fries and a Coke two hours later.
之後，一半人吃薄煎餅、炸土豆餅，喝橙汁，兩個小時後接着又吃了漢堡、炸薯條，喝了可樂。

However, the researchers said that the experiment included a fairly small sample, and the long-term effects on workout recovery of eating fast food over other, healthier sources of food are not known.
然而，研究人員稱，該實驗中樣本很小，此外，長期吃快餐與其它更健康的食物來源相比對運動恢復的影響尚未可知。

Vocabulary

dietary supplements：營養補充品

fast：禁食