ReviewFrontiers in nutrition2021
Possible Effects of Beetroot Supplementation on Physical Performance Through Metabolic, Neuroendocrine, and Antioxidant Mechanisms: A Narrative Review of the Literature.
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- Pooled it
- The effect of ischemic preconditioning on physical fitness and performance: a meta-analysis in healthy adults.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Does Beetroot Supplementation Improve Performance in Combat Sports Athletes? A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of dietary nitrate supplementation on peak oxygen uptake following 10 days of Ramadan fasting in healthy adults.Experimental physiology · 2026Trial
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- The effect of acute beetroot juice consumption prior to climbing on lower-body isokinetic and isometric strength, aerobic power, and muscle soreness among mountain climbers.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2025Trial
- Mitochondria-Derived Vesicles and Inflammatory Profiles of Adults with Long COVID Supplemented with Red Beetroot Juice: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Trial
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- Towards Metabolomics-Guided Healthy and Anti-Aging Nutrition.Metabolites · 2026Article
- Valorization of Beetroot Pomace as a Flour Fortifier, Functional Ingredient and Dietary Supplement.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Acute beetroot juice supplementation enhances short duration high-intensity exercise performance and influences muscle oxygenation in football players.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Etiology and recovery of knee extensor muscle fatigue following simulated basketball match-play.Biology of sport · 2025Article
- Nitrate and Nitrite in the Diet: Protective and Harmful Effects in Health and Disease.Current nutrition reports · 2025Review
- Effects of dietary nitrate supplementation on isometric performance and physiological responses in college bodybuilders: a randomized, double-blind, crossover study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Consuming Beetroot Juice Improves Slalom Performance and Reduces Muscle Soreness in Alpine Skiers under Hypoxic Conditions.Current developments in nutrition · 2024Article
- Current Aspects of Selected Factors to Modulate Brain Health and Sports Performance in Athletes.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Nutraceuticals and Dietary Supplements for Older Adults with Long COVID-19.Clinics in geriatric medicine · 2022Review
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- Red Beetroot's NMR-Based Metabolomics: Phytochemical Profile Related to Development Time and Production Year.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Athletes often seek to use dietary supplements to increase performance during exercise. Among various supplements, much attention has been paid to beetroot in recent years. Beetroot is a source of carbohydrates, fiber, protein, minerals, and vitamins; also, it is a natural source of nitrate and associated with improved sports performance. Nitrates can the modification of skeletal muscle contractile proteins or calcium handling after translation. The time to reach the peak plasma nitrate is between 1 and 3 h after consumption of a single dose of nitrate. Nitrate is metabolized by conversion to nitrite and subsequently nitric oxide. Beetroot can have various effects on athletic performance through nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is an intracellular and extracellular messenger for regulating certain cellular functions and causes vasodilation of blood vessels and increases blood flow. Nitric oxide seems to be effective in improving athletic performance by increasing oxygen, glucose, and other nutrients for better muscle fueling. Nitric oxide plays the main role in anabolic hormones, modulates the release of several neurotransmitters and the major mediators of stress involved in the acute hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal response to exercise. Beetroot is an important source of compounds such as ascorbic acid, carotenoids, phenolic acids, flavonoids, betaline, and highly active phenolics and has high antioxidant properties. Beetroot supplement provides an important source of dietary polyphenols and due to the many health benefits. Phytochemicals of Beetroot through signaling pathways inhibit inflammatory diseases. In this study, the mechanisms responsible for these effects were examined and the research in this regard was reviewed.
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