The 27 Best Recovery Foods for Runners

Whether you’re plagued by an old injury, recently injured, or looking to prevent an injury, research shows that adding these 27 foods to your diet can give your body what it needs to protect, heal, repair, and recover as quickly as possible.

You may have heard that runners need lots of antioxidants or should eat bananas because the potassium helps muscle cramps, but today we’re going to get more specific regarding the nutrition needs of endurance athletes.

First we’ll name an essential nutrient or vitamin and list the top foods in this category. Then we’ll explain the role it plays the body’s recovery process.

It's always best to try and get your nutrition through real food, but as a busy runner I know that isn't always easy.

If you feel like you struggle to get in a lot of these essential vitamins and nutrients into your diet, my recommendation is to use a greens supplement, like Athletic Greens.

One scoop contains 75 bioavailable vitamins, minerals and whole food-sourced ingredients, including a multivitamin, multimineral, probiotic, greens superfood blend and more (everything we discussed in this video and more).

Adding greens to my daily routine has been a game-changer and I am on the longest streak of my life of getting in my daily required fruits and veggies. If you want to try them out and get a special bonus of 5 travel packs and a year’s supply of vitamin D, check them out here. https://athleticgreens.com/rttt

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