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Trial reportJournal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition2024

Acute effects of various doses of nitrate-rich beetroot juice on high-intensity interval exercise responses in women: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, crossover trial.

Zhang Jiaqi, Dai Zihan, Stephen Heung-Sang Wong, Zheng Chen, Eric Tsz-Chun Poon

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Trial report in Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhang JiaqiThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Sports Science and Physical Education, Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, China.
Dai ZihanThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Sports Science and Physical Education, Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, China.
Stephen Heung-Sang WongThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Sports Science and Physical Education, Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6821-4545
Zheng ChenThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Sports Science and Physical Education, Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0453-3341
Eric Tsz-Chun PoonThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Sports Science and Physical Education, Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0842-1323
Chinese University of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study investigated the acute effects of various doses of nitrate-rich beetroot juice on the responses to high-intensity interval exercise in women.

methodsA double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial was conducted with 13 recreationally active young women (age = 23 ± 2 years). All participants performed interval exercise (8 × 1-min bouts of cycling at 85% of peak power output [PPO] interspersed with 1-min active recovery at 20% of PPO) 2.5 h after consumption of the randomly assigned beetroot juice containing 0 mmol (placebo), 6.45 mmol (single-dose), or 12.9 mmol (double-dose)

resultsNitrate supplementation significantly altered the HR and RPE responses across the three trials. The mean HR was lower in the single- and double-dose groups than in the placebo control group during both work intervals and recovery periods, as well as across the overall protocol (all

conclusionsAcute nitrate ingestion led to significant decreases in the mean HR and RPE during high-intensity interval exercise, but no additional benefit was observed with higher nitrate content. These findings may assist practitioners in implementing more effective nitrate supplementation strategies during high-intensity interval exercise.

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AntioxidantsNitratesAdultBicyclingBlood GlucoseCross-Over StudiesFemaleHumansYoung AdultAntioxidantsBlood GlucoseNitratesbeetroot juiceergogenic aidinterval exerciseNitrate

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PMID38535518
PMCPMC10977014
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