Apparently beetroot juice is natures own energy drink - boosting stamina by making our muscles more fuel efficient. Or so says The Metro last week.
Drinking a pint a day for one week enabled test subjects to cycle 16% longer than before they drank it. This is due to the boost in nitrates in the test subjects blood which cut the rate at which the muscles used up energy and oxygen. The muscles chief energy source - adenosine triphosphate or ATP - was used up slower after drinking the purple stuff!
I have not ever tried beetroot juice but i have been told its not that nice! Could be worth a go!
(Findings are published in the Journal of Applied Physiology)
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