[url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100519/thl-beetroot-juice-boost-for-muscles-d831572.html]Source[/url]
[quote]Beetroot juice boosts stamina by making muscles more fuel-efficient, scientists have found.
Last year the same researchers reported that the red vegetable juice can increase physical endurance.
The study focused on men aged 19 to 38 cycling on exercise bikes. Drinking half a litre of beetroot juice a day for a week enabled them to cycle 16% longer before getting tired out.
Now the scientists believe they understand how the beetroot boost works.
The new research showed that drinking beetroot juice doubled the amount of nitrate in the blood of volunteers, and reduced the rate at which muscles used their main source of energy.
Beetroot juice helped muscles work more efficiently and lowered their oxygen uptake. The same effect was seen during both low-intensity and high-intensity exercise.
Study leader Professor Andy Jones, from the University of Exeter's School of Sport and Health Sciences, said: "While our previous research demonstrated the benefits of nitrate-rich beetroot juice on stamina, our latest work indicates that this is consequent to a reduced energy cost of muscle force production.
"Since our first study came out we have seen growing interest in the benefits of drinking beetroot juice in the world of professional sport and I expect this study to attract even more attention from athletes."
The scientists believe nitrate from beetroot juice leads to increased levels of nitric oxide in the body, which affects a range of biological functions including blood flow, hormone levels and cell signalling.
The new findings are published in the Journal of Applied Physiology.[/quote]
[img]http://d.yimg.com/i/ng/ne/pressass/20100519/13/3198691930-beetroot-juice-boost-muscles.jpg[/img]
Too bad you can't buy it anywhere.
I truly hope they don't make these ungodly expensive. I would really like to get some more muscle in my legs ,but just majority of the shit too keep me going is to expensive.
Tastes quite bad uncooked tho.
My mom makes some sort of red beet salad once in a while, it's really good. However I'm not sure if that's the same thing.
That's interesting.
[QUOTE=sp00ks;22048781]Too bad you can't buy it anywhere.[/QUOTE]
Beetroot is in literally every grocery shop I have ever been to. Mostly pickled, but it's THERE.
Borscht makes me [b]STRONG[/b]!
[img]http://www.restaurant-st-petersburg.de/Meine_Bilder_und_Dateien/borscht.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=robowurmz;22049145]Beetroot is in literally every grocery shop I have ever been to. Mostly pickled, but it's THERE.[/QUOTE]
I think he meant the juice itself. Like apple juice or orange juice.
[QUOTE=StupidUsername67;22049224]I think he meant the juice itself. Like apple juice or orange juice.[/QUOTE]
It doesn't have to be proper juiced beetroot, it's the juices of the beetroot, so just cook it up and use the stock and you're sorted.
I need to start a company selling this.
[img]http://spasticsyira.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/dwight_schrute1.jpg[/img]
This guy totally comes to mind now.
If it's tasty I will do this.
^ That.
What are the downsides though? Will my muscles slow me down?
(By that, say my legs moved at 10 mph whilst running, would I only go at, for example, 7.43 mph but still run just a bit further?)
[b]super stamina potion[/b]
Sign me up!
I like [img]http://www.elements4health.com/images/stories/food/beetroot.jpg[/img] cold and raw.
Breaking news:
American scientists have found out vegetables are actually good for you.
Inb4 tons of Facepunchers start swallowing beetrots in an atempt to gain muscle.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;22048784]I truly hope they don't make these ungodly expensive. I would really like to get some more muscle in my legs ,but just majority of the shit too keep me going is to expensive.[/QUOTE]
protip: run
brb going to the grocery store to get some beetroot
[editline]05:24PM[/editline]
[QUOTE=werner;22087079]It's very common, atleast where I live[/QUOTE]
Same here :D
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.
