A Single Dose of Beetroot Gel Rich in Nitrate Does Not Improve Performance but Lowers Blood Glucose in Physically Active Individuals

Background. Beetroot consumption has been proposed to improve exercise performance, since the nitrate content of this food is able to stimulate the synthesis of nitric oxide. Objective. The acute effect of 100 g of a beetroot gel containing ~10 mmol of nitrate was tested on the nitric oxide synthesi...

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Autores principales: Vasconcellos, Julia, Henrique Silvestre, Diego, dos Santos Baião, Diego, Werneck-de-Castro, João Pedro, Silveira Alvares, Thiago, Paschoalin, Vânia M. Flosi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
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Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5294746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28243471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7853034

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5294746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28243471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7853034

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