Impact of cow’s milk intake on exercise performance and recovery of muscle function: a systematic review

Alcantara, J. M. A. and Sanchez-Delgado, G. and Martinez-Tellez, B. and Labayen, I. and Ruiz, J. R.

J Int Soc Sports Nutr (2019) 16: 22

DOI: 10.1186/s12970-019-0288-5

Abstract

Dairy products are thought to improve recovery after both resistance and endurance exercises due to their nutritional proprieties. We systematically reviewed the effects of dairy product intake on exercise performance and recovery of muscle function in humans. A literature search was conducted in the MEDLINE (via PubMed) and Web of Science databases from their inception to 15th April 2018. The initial search retrieved 7708 articles, and a total of 11 studies were finally included after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria. All the selected studies were conducted with cow’s milk. Whereas some studies found significant positive effect of cow’s milk on exercise performance and recovery of muscle function, others did not find any effect. These controversies could be due to the heterogeneity of cow’s milk ingestion (e.g., amount of cow’s milk, timing of consuming the cow’s milk), to the type of intervention, and to the large heterogeneity of outcomes measured. Limited studies exist examining the effects of cow’s milk consumption and its influence on exercise performance and recovery of muscle function, therefore further studies are needed to draw more definitive conclusions.

Citation

Alcantara, J. M. A., Sanchez-Delgado, G., Martinez-Tellez, B., Labayen, I., & Ruiz, J. R. (2019). Impact of cow’s milk intake on exercise performance and recovery of muscle function: a systematic review. J Int Soc Sports Nutr, 16(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12970-019-0288-5 Animals, Humans, Cattle, Eating, *Milk, interests. PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to, jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations., Not applicable. COMPETING INTERESTS: The authors declare that they have no competing, *Athletic Performance, *Sports Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Dairy product, Endurance training, Muscle damage, Muscle recovery, Muscle, Skeletal/*physiology, Myalgia/therapy, Resistance training, Resistance Training

Keywords

• Animals
• Humans
• Cattle
• Eating
• *Milk
• interests. PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to
• jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
• Not applicable. COMPETING INTERESTS: The authors declare that they have no competing
• *Athletic Performance
• *Sports Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
• Dairy product
• Endurance training
• Muscle damage
• Muscle recovery
• Muscle
• Skeletal/*physiology
• Myalgia/therapy
• Resistance training
• Resistance Training