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Beetroot Juice Helps Hearts Recover After Exercise

Original Title

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.

doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.11.039
60%

Moderate Quality

Methodology score · 60/100

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Women who drank beetroot juice after exercise had lower blood pressure and better heart recovery than when they drank a fake juice.

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Authors

Benjamim CJR, da Silva LSL, Sousa YBA, Rodrigues GDS, Pontes YMM, Rebelo MA, Gonçalves LDS, Tavares SS, Guimarães CS, da Silva Sobrinho AC, Tanus-Santos JE, Gualano B, Bueno Júnior CR