Drinking beetroot juice with 800 mg of nitrate after working out might lower blood pressure by about 9 points in women over 50 who have high blood pressure, helping their heart recover better.

In postmenopausal women with systemic arterial hypertension, a single acute dose of 800 mg dietary nitrate from beetroot juice compared to an isocaloric placebo, with systolic blood pressure measured at standardized time points during post-exercise recovery (e.g., 30, 60, 90 minutes post-exercise), to detect a 9.28 mmHg difference.

In postmenopausal women with systemic arterial hypertension, acute ingestion of 800 mg nitrate from beetroot juice versus placebo, with systolic blood pressure measured during standardized post-exercise recovery, to determine if a 9.28 mmHg reduction occurs.

In postmenopausal women with systemic arterial hypertension, the association between acute beetroot juice ingestion (800 mg nitrate) and systolic BP reduction during post-exercise recovery, compared to placebo, while controlling for confounders.

Whether acute 800 mg nitrate ingestion leads to measurable changes in plasma nitrite, nitric oxide metabolites, and vascular reactivity during post-exercise recovery, correlating with systolic BP reduction in postmenopausal hypertensive women.

Feasibility of observing a 9.28 mmHg systolic BP reduction after acute beetroot juice ingestion during post-exercise recovery in postmenopausal women with hypertension.