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Beetroot / Dietary Nitrate
Nitrate-rich beetroot that improves endurance efficiency — most useful for cardio, less so for lifting.
Concentrated beetroot juice or powder high in dietary nitrate, which the body converts to nitric oxide, improving how efficiently muscles use oxygen.
Solid evidence for a small improvement in endurance performance and efficiency — you go slightly further at the same effort. The benefit is greatest for endurance athletes and recreational exercisers; it does little for pure strength work.
- !Harmlessly turns urine and stool pink.
- !Avoid antibacterial mouthwash around dosing — it kills the mouth bacteria that convert the nitrate.
Note:General information, not medical advice. Supplements interact with medications and conditions — check with your doctor before starting anything, especially if you're pregnant, nursing or managing a health condition.