Wayne
08-07-2009, 06:55 PM
“Drinking beetroot juice can increase stamina, allowing keep-fit enthusiasts and athletes to exercise for longer”, according to The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper said that a daily glass of the vegetable juice helped men to work out for 16% longer than when they had a regular fruit drink.
The effects are being credited to the nitrates in the juice which, according to scientists, help the body to use less oxygen. This means that people feel less tired when they are exercising. The results of this small randomised study in eight healthy men suggest that nitrate supplementation can improve exercise tolerance at moderate levels. Larger studies are needed to confirm these findings and to investigate the longer-term effects of dietary nitrate supplementation.
More if you click here (http://www.nhs.uk/news/2009/08August/Pages/BeetrootJuiceExercise.aspx)
The effects are being credited to the nitrates in the juice which, according to scientists, help the body to use less oxygen. This means that people feel less tired when they are exercising. The results of this small randomised study in eight healthy men suggest that nitrate supplementation can improve exercise tolerance at moderate levels. Larger studies are needed to confirm these findings and to investigate the longer-term effects of dietary nitrate supplementation.
More if you click here (http://www.nhs.uk/news/2009/08August/Pages/BeetrootJuiceExercise.aspx)