Why CBD is good after a workout.
Post-workout nutrition is essential to help your body restore some of the energy exerted during your session. For those who are serious about getting their fitness on, they turn to a post-workout treat. Why not? You just worked pretty hard! Even better, this reward comes with benefits.
Let’s look at why CBD is a great way to maximize the benefits of your workout. In addition, we’ll provide you with some delicious post-workout CBD recipes.
Post-Workout Nutrition is Extremely Important
Anyone who has pushed through an intense cardio sesh or hit a new bench record knows one thing…they’re pooped! Nothing worth having is easy. That is why working out is called “working.”
When you workout, your body gets put under stress. Due to the intensity of the workout, two major functions happen so your body can coast you through:
- Burning of glycogen
- Using up or damaging protein
Every time your body is pushed toward its limits, it disrupts many little tissues, cells, tendons and proteins in your body. Once you finish, your body needs to replenish the glycogen. That way the glycogen can be broken down and transformed into catalysts for rebuilding damaged proteins.
This is what makes CBD such a vital component of a nutrient-dense workout regimen. Broad spectrum CBD will contain all of the 20 amino acids. This includes the nine that our body can’t create on its own.
In addition, CBD can help the tissues and tendons recover after a workout due to its indirect impact on the endocannabinoid system.
With that, you want a post-workout treat that is high in protein, carbs and fat. You need the carbs to help create the glycogen necessary to break down amino-rich proteins. Fat is essential because it helps with the absorption of nutrients in the gut lining.
Once again, CBD comes in handy. Broad spectrum hemp oil contains phytochemicals unique to the hemp plant. That means broad spectrum hemp oil is rich in omega-3 fatty acids. These are proteins that can help you bounce back after an intense day at the gym.
Now you know why you should eat after a workout (and why you should have CBD in that snack). We get that people need to sneak their workout in whenever they can. Here are 7 post-workout CBD recipes for every part of your daily routine.
CBD Scramble
Who doesn’t like a nice wake and fry? In the morning time, our heads can be a bit scrambled. A good way to break through that fog is to infuse your post-workout breakfast with CBD. Here’s a great way to do just that.
Ingredients:
- Small bunch of kale
- Small sweet potato, diced
- ¼ cup grass-fed butter
- ¼ large organic onion, chopped
- Cherry tomatoes
- Flavorless 500mg Natural CBD Tincture
- Four free-range organic eggs
- Pepper
- ¼ cup organic milk
Directions:
- Wash and prep all produce.
- Heat the butter over low-medium heat on a skillet.
- Add a dropper-full of the natural CBD tincture to the top of the butter at the first sign of the butter softening.
- Once the butter starts to break down more, add in the sweet potatoes.
- Cover with a lid to speed up the cooking process.
- Whisk the four eggs in a small bowl and season with pepper.
- Pour the milk into whisked eggs.
- Add the onion to the sweet potatoes.
- After the onions are translucent, add in the other vegetables and saute for 2-3 minutes.
- Add in the milk-egg mixture.
- Cook together until scrambled!
CBD Goji Bars
Not everyone has the chance to start their day off with a home-cooked scramble. That sort of folk needs their CBD on the go. These CBD Goji Bars are a great option because they are delicious, discreet and travel well. Not to mention, Goji berries are a superfood. They are highly rich in antioxidants, which is further enhanced in the presence of CBD.
Ingredients:
Bars:
- 1 tablespoon organic coconut oil
- 2 cups quick steel-cut oats
- 1 ½ teaspoon organic chia seeds
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ cup shelled walnuts
- ½ cup raw pecans
- ½ cup organic goji berries
- ¼ cup raw cocoa powder
- 2 small bananas
- 1 teaspoon pink Himalayan sea salt
Topping for Bars:
- ¼ cup quick steel-cut oats
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon organic chia seeds
- ¼ cup dried goji berries
- 2 tablespoon raw hemp seeds
- 3 tablespoon organic shredded coconut
- 2-3 tablespoons of milk or plant-based milk
- Dropper-full Koi 1000mg Lemon CBD Tincture
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 350° F while greasing a 9×9 baking pan.
- Combine all the ingredients for the bars into a food processor.
- Pulse with an S-blade until you have a thick batter.
- Smooth into a baking pan as evenly as possible.
- Bake for 12 minutes.
- While baking, mix all the bar topping ingredients into a bowl, minus the Joy Organics lemon tincture.
- Once evenly mixed in, add dropper-full of Joy Organics Lemon CBD Tincture.
- Place the toppings on top of the bars when the 12 minutes are up.
- Put bars with toppings into the oven for 8 more minutes.
- Once done, allow two hours to cool, refrigerate extras.
CBD Power Salad
When you hear the word salad, people think of iceberg lettuce, but that’s far from reality! Salads are a blanket term for a cornucopia of delicious options in one bowl. Here, you can rejuvenate your post-workout body with some plant-based power dressed up in CBD. This is a great recipe for the person who sneaks a workout in during their lunch break!
Ingredients:
Salad:
- 1/2 cup uncooked organic quinoa
- 1 cup organic vegetable stock
- ¼ cup organic hemp seeds
- ¼ cup organic pumpkin seeds
- ¼ cup raw almonds
- ¼ cup raw brazil nuts
- 1 can organic chickpeas, rinsed
- ½ organic red onion, chopped
- ½ jalapeno pepper, chopped
- ¼ cup dried cranberries, unsweetened
- 1 sprig of cilantro
Dressing:
- 2 tablespoons organic peanut oil
- Dash of grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon Bragg organic raw apple cider vinegar
- 15 drops Koi 500mg Orange CBD Tincture
- 15 drops Koi 500mg Lemon CBD Tincture
Directions:
- First, cook the quinoa by adding it into a saucepan with the vegetable stock.
- Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for around 20 minutes.
- While the quinoa cooks, place the nuts and seeds on a baking sheet and toast in the oven until golden.
- Prep the vegetables.
- Mix them in a bowl with rinsed organic chickpeas.
- Chop the toasted nuts and mix in with the chickpeas and veggies.
- Start on the dressing by pouring the peanut oil into a bowl.
- Dash some of the grated ginger into the bowl and whisk together.
- Pour in the Bragg raw apple cider vinegar and whisk together (it won’t fully integrate)
- Once the quinoa is done, add to the bowl of chickpeas and vegetables and toss.
- Place the drops of lemon CBD tincture and orange CBD tincture into the dressing.
- Pour the dressing over the bowl and thoroughly mix.
Note: The dressing won’t seem like a lot, but trust us, a little goes a long way!
