Conclusions
decline in blood factors, muscle damage
Swimming SIT attenuates exercise-induced CK and shifts the post-exercise (48 h) status of cytokines to an anti-inflammatory profile. We provided trained swimmers with either a PRO or a CHO beverage of equal caloric value every night preceding going to bed while maintaining a standardized diet for as short as two weeks. Consumption of whey protein before sleep did not result in a decline in blood factors related to muscle damage or induce a systemic anti-inflammatory response.