Regularly snacking on almonds may help ease pain and stiffness after an intense workout if your body isn’t used to such exertion, according to a small study published on January 9 in Frontiers in Nutrition.
Researchers found that people who ate 2 ounces (oz) of almonds each day for one month had more of a recovery-boosting fat in their blood after a single session of hard exercise than a group who ate a cereal bar with the same number of calories.
What’s more, “They also reported feeling less fatigue and tension, better leg [and] back strength, and decreased muscle damage after exercise than control volunteers,” said David C Nieman, DrPH, a coauthor of the study, a professor, and the director of the Appalachian State University Human Performance Laboratory at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, in a press release.
Spokeshave at the gym 2 or 3 times a week..with a bag of raw almonds.....all my weights are around 100lb...right hand grip 95 lb....not too shabby for 80 years old.