“Natural doping” beetroot: faster and less tired thanks to nitrates

    “Natural doping” beetroot: faster and less tired thanks to nitrates

    It improves physical and athletic performance in a completely natural way: it is the beet juice which, thanks to the nitrates contained in it, would work as a real healthy and safe doping.

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    Improve the physical performance e the athletic ones in a completely natural way: it is the beetroot juice which, thanks to the nitrates it contains, would work as a vehealthy and safe doping.





    To say it is a study by the University of Exetere, United Kingdom, published by the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. The researchers administered 9 professional cyclists, before traveling distances between 4,5 and 18 Km, half a liter of normal beet juice, monitoring their performance.

    Later, the tests were repeated, but with juice deprived of nitrates, substances object of the research referred to beets are rich.

    Tests showed that when drinking the "full" juice, times were shorter than 11 seconds on average on short distances and 45 seconds on long distances.

    In the first case, therefore, the athletes they were better performing and less tiredi: all thanks to the effect antioxidant and energizing of the typical heart-shaped vegetable, also known as Beta Vulgaris. beets in fact, they make the blood vessels wider, lowering blood pressure and helping the blood supply and would help the muscles by decreasing the amount of oxygen necessary for the action.

    “Nitrates help the heart and muscles to work better this can help not only professional athletes, but anyone who wants to improve their performance even in everyday life,” explains Andrew. M. Jones, author of the study.



    Say goodbye to harmful and dangerous drinks and energy for good. From today to the 7 natural alternatives to energy drinks recommended some time ago, a good and healthy beet juice can be added!

    Roberta Ragni

     

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