Drinking beetroot juice for a week might help women over 50 with high blood pressure recover their normal heart rhythm faster after working out, which could mean their body’s stress and relaxation systems are working better together.

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Acute and short-term beetroot juice nitrate-rich ingestion enhances cardiovascular responses following aerobic exercise in postmenopausal women with arterial hypertension: A triple-blinded randomized controlled trial.

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2024 Feb 1

The study gave postmenopausal women with high blood pressure beetroot juice for a week and found their heart rate returned to normal faster after exercise, meaning their nervous system recovered better — exactly what the claim says.

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Acute and short-term beetroot juice nitrate-rich ingestion enhances cardiovascular responses following aerobic exercise in postmenopausal women with arterial hypertension: A triple-blinded randomized controlled trial.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.11.039

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