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For your best results, take beetroot powder 1 to 3 hours before a workout. The study on athletes found that "The time to reach the peak plasma nitrate is between one and three hours after consumption of a single dose of nitrate," so that it gives the body time to prime the pumps.
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Learn More »There are few things that just by adding it, can improve performance and actually leave the body healthier than it was before. But that appears to be the case with beetroot, especially beetroot powder, which when taken before a workout, has been shown to boost stamina, performance, and efficiency, all without any ill effects. It does this by improving oxygen uptake by the muscles, so that you can go further, faster, and have more energy output with every breath, without perceiving that you're working harder. The key ingredient in beetroot is dietary nitrates, which your body converts into nitric oxide that in turn helps carry oxygen more efficiently to the cells to unlock energy and make the work output easier. Think of it as adding a motor to your gear shift bike, which allows the oxygen to move more efficiently and muscle cells to perform at a higher level with less effort–while getting more distance from every pedal stroke. By making more oxygen available to your muscles, without breathing any harder, you're doing what athletes who dope or cheat have done for years (but you're doing it naturally and legally), just by adding a natural plant-based ingredient to your pre-workout ritual. Shoes, check. Water bottle, check. Beetroot scoop... Check! Beetroot works to unlock the energy in muscle cells and make working out easier According to one study, when nitrates are added to the body before exercise, muscle mitochondria (the cells that fire away when you move, like miniature pistons) showed a better ratio of oxygen efficiency, so they could produce ATP more readily, which is the unit of energy burned when you move. The nitric oxide also helped to lower the overall oxygen needs of the cells, so your muscles are converting more energy, more efficiently, and using less air to do it. When athletes reach their maximum oxygen consumption level (VO2 Max), it's an indication that they can't uptake any more oxygen while at work, so they begin to fatigue and slow down. Over time, they train to get to that point at a higher level of exertion, so by using less energy to create more output, you basically raise the ceiling on your ability to crush that run or bike up that hill, before feeling like you're maxing out or needing to slow own. Imagine that, when driving, your car was able to go from 0 to 60 in less time, using less fuel, and then continue to drive faster, farther, all with less gas required. With the introduction of nitrates in beetroot, by reducing the oxygen cost during exercise, you use less oxygen as you produce more output, and feel as if your trotting along at an easy jog while you're actually sprinting, and your stamina allows you to keep up that speed for longer.
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Learn More »When athletes took beetroot for six days prior to exercise, it helped them push their limits higher–between 15 and 25 percent above what they perceived to be their max–compared to their performance without the beetroot, according to one study, while reducing oxygen requirement to the muscles by 20 percent. The authors concluded: "Dietary nitrate has profound effects on basal mitochondrial function. These findings may have implications for exercise physiology- and lifestyle-related disorders that involve dysfunctional mitochondria."
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Learn More »For your best results, take beetroot powder 1 to 3 hours before a workout The study on athletes found that "The time to reach the peak plasma nitrate is between one and three hours after consumption of a single dose of nitrate," so that it gives the body time to prime the pumps. "Beetroot can have various effects on athletic performance through nitric oxide," since "Nitric oxide is an intracellular and extracellular messenger for regulating certain cellular functions and causes vasodilation of blood vessels and increases blood flow." If this all sounds like a Cialis ad, it's because the NO in beetroot, and the vasodilation of the blood vessels to your muscles and within the muscles themselves are similar to the effects that ED drugs have on the genitals. Blood flow increasing to the critical spot is one aspect helped by NO, through dilation of the vessels and lowering of inflammation, while the other is oxygen uptake, use, and efficiency.
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