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Last year I wrote about a study which found that drinking beetroot juice may help boost stamina and help individuals to exercise for up to 16% longer than they are normally able to. The results were thought to be due to the nitrate content of the beetroot juice. The researchers were not sure of the [...]  Beetroot is a vegetable which contains nitrite, this may be converted to nitric oxide in the body and there are good bacteria present in the mouth which can turn nitrate into nitrite. In turn, nitric oxide can help to relax blood vessels, increase blood flow and reduce blood pressure in the body. High concentrations of nitrates are [...] A research team at the University of Exeter has just published results of a study which shows (1) that drinking beetroot juice may help boost stamina and help individuals to exercise for up to 16% longer than they are normally able to, this may be down to the nitrate content of the beetroot juice. The [...] |
  
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