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Hello and welcome back to Ask Dr Hazel, our many episodes that drop each week.

I'm your host Dr Hazel and I'll be answering all your burning questions.

So let's jump into this week's question.

Hi there Hazel, my name is Amy and I'm sending you this voice note from Canada.

I heard that it's very important to fuel our bodies after workouts to help with recovery, and I'm wondering, does the timeframe in which we refuel after a workout matter?

Does it matter if we eat right away or is within the hour after a workout okay?

And how much does that timeframe play a role in how our body is able to use those nutrients to recover?

I appreciate it so much. Take care.

So this is a really popular question.

How soon after exercise should I eat?

And contrary to popular belief, you actually have more time than you think.

And assuming that you're not doing two sessions within a 24 hour window, how soon you eat doesn't have a huge impact.

So if you are training twice in a day, I would say try to get in your post workout meal an hour to two hours after you finished your session.

If that's not the case and your sessions are more than 24 hours apart, you can't just think about eating when you're hungry and making sure you're getting in your three balanced meals in a day plus or minus snacks.

So we used to think that the window of opportunity was a lot smaller than it is, but actually it's a lot bigger.

And it's what you eat in a 24 hour period, that's more important.

We've spoken about really good ideas for post workout meals already on the podcast to go back and listen to that previous episode of Ask Dr Hazel.

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