Chocolate Milk Does the Job Well
To the Sports Editor:
Re “Cornell’s Chocolate Milk Fills Refueling Gap,” April 19: I respect Clint Wattenberg and Jason Huck’s desire to provide athletes with a natural post-training product, but the creation of Big Red Refuel sounds like a step toward making a marketable product similar to many that are already available. With a 4-to-1 carbohydrate-to-protein ratio, low-fat chocolate milk is a great option to promote protein repair and glycogen synthesis, so why are they messing with a good thing? It seems that Cornell’s sports nutrition and agricultural departments are less concerned with their students, and more concerned with replicating the success that…
