Snacks to send lactic acid packing… fast.

May 31, 2016 Ashley 0 Comments

Alright, so we’ve already covered which ritualistic fails we need to tweak to keep lactic acid at bay.

But I’ve recently learned of anti body-burn foods we can turn to, too.

And what exactly are these pharma-food-icals the pros prescribe?

Well, for starters, Magnesium‘s a massive lactic acid mitigating mineral. And where, pray tell, can we fill this delicious script? Mostly in the produce aisle. Stuff like spinach, collard greens, swiss chard, green beans, and turnip greens are good to fill your “leafy” quota. And for your legume needs, seeds like sesame, sunflower, and pumpkin will all do the trick. All high in the Mg.(Plus, the pumpkin one’s especially helpful for taking inflammation down a notch) Then, finally, there’s tofu. A certain sort (called nigari) is said to rock the highest mag levels, if you’re super serious about staying on top of the burn.

Next on the list? B vitamins. Why? ’cause it helps shuttle glucose around. (And if glucose is avail as an energy source, guess what doesn’t happen? That’s right. A lactic azz whooping.) And the produce pusher for Vitamin B’s dealing leafy green vegetables – with a side of peas and beans. All’ve these get an A plus for B vitamin content.

And the next snack script to eliminate body napalm symptoms? Fatty acids. And, you can actually nab these while grabbing your Magnesium packed seeds – ’cause walnuts and flaxseed are high in the stuff. Or, if you prefer it in oil form, there’s corn, sunflower, and soybean oil. Combine this with the pumpkin seeds, and you’ll get less soreness by this time tomorrow, ’cause fatty acids are also fab at fanning the pain flames you feel every time you move after leg day.

So… all of these sound pretty reasonable. Nothing crazy.

Which is why the final suggestion totally caught me off guard:

Baking soda…in water…?

Mmmyep. The idea’s that – because it’s alkaline – baking soda levels out that lactic acid and brings you back to neutral. This means you can channel a Marvel comic character – going not only stronger, but for longer. And what exactly’s in this anti lac-acid tincture? .3 grams of the white stuff (for each kilogram of your body’s el beez), mixed in with 12 oz of water. If you find it as disgusting to the taste as I do even thinking’ve drinking it, then add a dash of lemon, they say.

(And if you’re having trouble downing it, just pretendy-wend you’re Alex the droog to avert dragging next workout.)

So, there you have it.

1.) Gain some’ve those leafy greens, seeds, tofus, ‘n oils.

2.) Guzzle a gagworthy baking soda potion.

3.) Hack your crappy habits.

And, soon, the only thing your training’ll lack is lactic acid, champ.