ArticlePhysiological reports2020
Acute beetroot juice supplementation improves exercise tolerance and cycling efficiency in adults with obesity.
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- The effect of dietary nitrate on weight management: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Strategies to Augment the Cardiovascular System and Acutely Enhance Exercise Performance in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Scoping Review.Sports medicine - open · 2025Pooled it
- Limited Effects of Inorganic Nitrate Supplementation on Exercise Training Responses: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2023Pooled it
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- A Single Dose of Beetroot Juice not Enhance Performance during Intervallic Swimming Efforts.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2024Trial
- Beetroot Plus Vitamin C for Performance and Recovery: Protocol of a Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Crossover Trial in Semi-Professional Wrestlers.Health science reports · 2026Article
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- Is There a Role of Beetroot Consumption on the Recovery of Oxidative Status and Muscle Damage in Ultra-Endurance Runners?Nutrients · 2024Observational
- Beetroot juice supplementation and exercise performance: is there more to the story than just nitrate?Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Review
- Possible Effects of Beetroot Supplementation on Physical Performance Through Metabolic, Neuroendocrine, and Antioxidant Mechanisms: A Narrative Review of the Literature.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Review
- Acute beetroot juice supplementation improves exercise tolerance and cycling efficiency in adults with obesity.Physiological reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundExercise training improves health outcomes in individuals with obesity (IO); however, it remains challenging for IO to adhere to exercise. Thus, it is critical to identify novel strategies that improve exercise tolerance (ET) and adherence in IO. Beetroot juice (BRJ), high in inorganic dietary nitrate, consistently improves exercise performance in athletes, individuals with cardiopulmonary diseases, and nonobese lean individuals. These improvements may be explained by reduced oxygen uptake (VO PURPOSE: Determine if BRJ improves ET, exercise efficiency (EE), and cardiometabolic health in IO and identify possible mechanisms of action.
methodsVascular hemodynamic, submaximal- and maximal-exercise VO
resultsA significant treatment effect was observed for submaximal exercise VO
conclusionsConsumption of BRJ improved EE during submaximal exercise by 7%, and TTE by 15% compared to other conditions. These results suggest that BRJ may improve EE and exercise tolerance in IO.
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