Following on from my post about participation in running research at Brighton University.
The race is now run and the final tests have been taken. We were told that the juice supplements some of us were using was in fact beetroot juice (I had the placebo, Cherry Vimto); I’ll report more on that later.
Research on beetroot juice should be of interest to anyone involved in endurance sport.
‘Drinking beetroot juice reduces oxygen uptake to an extent that cannot be achieved by any other known means, including training’.
That’s quite a statement, and it’s what was revealed by a study led by Exeter University.
According to Professor Andy Jones at Exeter, nitrate rich food can increase exercise endurance.
To quite a degree it seems — the resultant boost in stamina could allow you to increase your exercise duration by up to 16%.
Cyclists were able to reduce their time taken to cover a set distance by 2%.
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