PMID- 21904247 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120723 LR - 20201209 IS - 1530-0315 (Electronic) IS - 0195-9131 (Linking) VI - 44 IP - 4 DP - 2012 Apr TI - Chocolate milk and endurance exercise recovery: protein balance, glycogen, and performance. PG - 682-91 LID - 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182364162 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: This study examined effects of fat-free chocolate milk (MILK) consumption on kinetic and cellular markers of protein turnover, muscle glycogen, and performance during recovery from endurance exercise. METHODS: Male runners participated in two trials separated by 1 wk and consumed either MILK or a nonnitrogenous isocaloric carbohydrate (CHO) control beverage (CON) after a 45-min run at 65% of V O(2peak). Postexercise muscle protein fractional synthetic rate (FSR) and whole-body protein turnover were determined during 3 h of recovery using muscle biopsies and primed constant infusions of L-[ring-(2)H(5)]phenylalanine and L-[1-(1)(3)C]leucine, respectively. Phosphorylation of translational signaling proteins and activity of proteolytic molecules were determined using Western blotting and enzymatic activity assays. Muscle glycogen was quantified, and treadmill time to exhaustion was determined after the recovery period. RESULTS: Consuming MILK after exercise resulted in higher mixed muscle FSR with lower whole-body proteolysis and synthesis compared with CON (P