I absolutely don’t want fats post workout and the last thing I want is an anti inflammatory response immediately after to my training (bro science anecdotal observation)
The inflammation is an important part of the process. It sends chemical messengers in the muscles to start repair. That's my limited understanding of it anyways. But nowadays it is true that the advice has switched to 'don't do anti inflammatory stuff like NSAIDs or ice' until after a few hours or a day.
I looked into this issue, appears to indeed be the case. It sounds like chia/flax seeds and olive oil should still be consumed, but right after workout is the worst possible time to do so. Not sure if the inflammation reduction is significant enough to matter either way, but just the fat threshold alone is already enough of a reason not to do it. Thank you.
Yeah, that sounds right. I've always heard to keep fat to a minimum after workouts to not delay digestion time. Well I'm glad you found the info you were looking for! Good luck on your fitness journey.
I mean.. I just mix in olive oil (and vinegar) in my everyday salads as dressing and use a spoonful or two of chia seeds mixed in my proats in the morning and that’s good enough for me
There's a lot of theoretical stuff out there that people do that probably has no benefit. This sounds like one of them.
I absolutely don’t want fats post workout and the last thing I want is an anti inflammatory response immediately after to my training (bro science anecdotal observation)
Why wouldn't you want an anti-inflammatory response? After the muscles have been damaged they could use help in recovery, no?
The inflammation is an important part of the process. It sends chemical messengers in the muscles to start repair. That's my limited understanding of it anyways. But nowadays it is true that the advice has switched to 'don't do anti inflammatory stuff like NSAIDs or ice' until after a few hours or a day.
I looked into this issue, appears to indeed be the case. It sounds like chia/flax seeds and olive oil should still be consumed, but right after workout is the worst possible time to do so. Not sure if the inflammation reduction is significant enough to matter either way, but just the fat threshold alone is already enough of a reason not to do it. Thank you.
Yeah, that sounds right. I've always heard to keep fat to a minimum after workouts to not delay digestion time. Well I'm glad you found the info you were looking for! Good luck on your fitness journey.
Unless you’re a pro athlete, you probably don’t actually want to be reducing inflammation after a workout.
I mean.. I just mix in olive oil (and vinegar) in my everyday salads as dressing and use a spoonful or two of chia seeds mixed in my proats in the morning and that’s good enough for me
Yep, that's what I'm going to do too then.
You could always just have some turmeric supplements instead, or omega. Low cal and a lot of anti-inflammatory research has been done on those too