Beet-flavoured Gatorade?

[Chris Watt]

Crazy as it sounds several studies have now suggested drinking beet juice for 3-7 days before an event improves time to exhaustion by 15%. Nitrates (found in lettuce, spinach and beets) are thought to be the active ingredient. The downside is that long-term use of nitrates in diet may be carcinogenic so you wouldn't want to make this a daily habit.

http://sweatscience.com/beet-juice-its- ... es-stupid/

Recent studies here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21284982
...and here:
http://jap.physiology.org/content/early ... bdb993e069

Alan- maybe you could Big Pharma on this?

Cheers,
Chris

[Josh.E]

Although I admittedly clicked on this thread because I thought it said BEER flavoured gatorade....
this is interesting research

found this link too
http://www.nutraingredients.com/Health- ... ency-Study

leafy green vegetables seem like an easier source to me.

[Rolf]

Thanks, Chris. But I think I'll stick to my preferred source of nitrates:



And here I thought the sole benefit of a preservative-rich, sausage diet was the extension of my shelf life.