milk postworkout?

[cumminslifter]

been thinking of drinking some milk post workout for my post workout shake but after doing some research ive found that lactose is made of 1/2 glucose and 1/2 galactose and seems like galactose only fills liver glycogen and not muscle glycogen. so would someone like to inlighten me on if galactose really only fills liver glycogen or does it fill both. is milk actually good postworkout?

[mynameisuntz]

If you think much harder you may have a stroke. But on a more serious note:

1) Immediate post-workout food not necessary outside of extreme conditions.
2) Why wouldn't milk be good? What constitutes a good post-workout food?
3) Do you know the liver, and subsequently liver glycogen, does in fact have an anabolic role?

[MikeK46]

Post workout shake is unnecessary. With that said, milk is great any time.

[cumminslifter]

i guess what im really wondering is does galactose only store liver glycogen like fructose or can it fill muscle glycogen

[mynameisuntz]

i guess what im really wondering is does galactose only store liver glycogen like fructose or can it fill muscle glycogen

It sounds like you're under the impression that you need to refill [depleted] glycogen immediately post-workout. Are you under that assumption? If so, don't worry about it - as MikeK just stated, a post-workout shake is not necessary.