<p>The best place to prep for a big race may be at the bar. Along with sounding ridiculously manly, drinking beer — the non-alcoholic version — before prolonged, intense exercise has been proven to help keep your body running smoothly. According to a recent study presented at a conference for the American College of Sports Medicine, the first and last word on fitness, Dr. Johannes Sherr and colleagues found that downing a modest amount of non-alcoholic beer can help your body recover more quickly after a marathon.<p>In conducting the study, Sherr and his team evaluated almost three hundred male runners before and after the Munich Marathon. Some of the subjects consumed about a pint and a half (24 ounces) of non-alcoholic beer (<a href=http://www.erdinger-alkoholfrei.de/en/alkoholfrei-highlights.html target=_blank>Erdinger Alkoholfrei</a>, to be exact) every day after a run and on their recovery days for three weeks before and two weeks after the race. The others drank an unnamed sports drinks.<p>When all was said and done, the beer-guzzling runners experienced less inflammation (a common post-race occurrence) and were less likely to develop upper respiratory tract infections (often the result of the temporary dip in immunity marathon runners experience) than the teetotalers.<p>Why? According to Sherr, the positive effects of the virgin beverage come from its naturally occurring anti-pathogen, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory chemical compounds that help the body recover more efficiently. We're thinking chocolate can’t be far behind.

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