Gladiators drank a post-workout drink made from ash

Thursday, October 30, 2014 - 20:30 in Health & Medicine

Turns out gladiators weren’t that different to modern-day athletes and gym junkies. New research has found that after training they drank their own version of a Gatorade-like recovery drink made from plant ashes.

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