Beetroot Juice Increases Stamina
Tired of pumping weights and running miles on the treadmill? Well help could be at hand…The key to increasing your flagging stamina could be as simple as a glass of beetroot juice.
According to new research a daily dose could boost energy levels allowing you to exercise for longer reports safedietpills.co.uk
In addition, just under a pint a day of beetroot juice also lowers blood pressure improving your hearts health.
Not only could the research carried out at The University of Exeter and the Peninsula Medical School have a profound impact for professional athletes, us normal folks could benefit in boosting motivation to lose weight.
Scientists recruited eight healthy young men to complete a series of cycling tests. They took them twice - after drinking beetroot juice once a day for six days and after drinking blackcurrant cordial. When charged with cycling at an easy pace, the men used less oxygen after drinking beetroot juice,
This suggests that their muscles were able to perform at the same level, but used less energy after consuming the beetroot juice. What’s more, when they were asked to pedal for as long as possible, the juice enabled them to pedal for an additional minute and a half in comparison to the blackcurrant cordial.
This 16.5% difference could prove pivotal in a person’s quest to lose weight, leaving researchers believing that beetroot juice become be an effective and natural weight loss supplement.
Researcher Andy Jones said: ‘we were amazed by the effects of beetroot juice on oxygen uptake because these effects cannot be achieved by any other known means”
Scientists believe the benefits are most likely due to high levels of nitrate in beetroot juice, which costs around £2 a pint in health food shops. The chemical is also found in green leafy vegetables such as lettuce and spinach but is especially concentrated in juices.
It is thought that it undergoes a series of changes in the body which lead to the blood vessels widening, improving oxygen supply to the muscles.
Although the research used shop-bought beetroot juice, those behind the study said that your own homemade versions would most probably also be beneficial.
But please be warned, drinking beetroot juice is more than likely to have another unexpected consequence - purple urine, or ‘beeturia’ as it is known to scientists.
