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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday February 21 2018, @03:54AM   Printer-friendly
from the training-plan-I-can-work-with dept.

German Olympians Drink a Lot of (Nonalcoholic) Beer, and Win a Lot of Gold Medals

When Simon Schempp, a biathlete on the German Olympic team, was training for the Pyeongchang Games, he often capped a hard day on the trail with a bottle of nonalcoholic beer. He enjoys the taste of beer like most Germans, who drink more of it per capita than the people of almost any other nation. But he drank the nonalcoholic variety for more than just the flavor. "It's a really good drink directly after training or after competition," said Schempp, who won a silver medal in the 15-kilometer mass start event on Sunday.

Schempp's sober assessment is popular in Germany. While most people see nonalcoholic beer as a responsible replacement for regular beer, Germans often drink it in place of sports drinks after exercise. Beer or Gatorade? No contest.

Johannes Scherr, the doctor for the German Olympic ski team, said nearly all of his athletes drink nonalcoholic beer during training. And the brewery Krombacher has supplied 3,500 liters (about 1,000 gallons) of nonalcoholic beer to the athletes' village so German athletes can enjoy it during competitions at the Pyeongchang Games, where Germany is tied for the most gold medals.

[...] Scherr conducted a double-blind study [open, DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182250dda] [DX] [alt], financed by a brewing company, in which he gave runners in the 2009 Munich Marathon nonalcoholic beer every day for three weeks before and two weeks after the race. These runners suffered significantly less inflammation and fewer upper respiratory infections after the race than runners who had been given a placebo.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 21 2018, @03:45PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 21 2018, @03:45PM (#641190)

    They were served with their own pee.