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- Title
Increasing vegetable intake to obtain the health promoting and ergogenic effects of dietary nitrate.
- Authors
Van der Avoort, Cindy M T; Van Loon, Luc J C; Hopman, Maria T E; Verdijk, Lex B
- Abstract
Increased consumption of dietary nitrate increases plasma nitrate and nitrite concentrations, and has been shown to elicit cardio-protective effects and improve exercise performance. Nitrate consumption in the habitual diet is mainly dependent on nitrate-rich vegetables, such as green leafy and root vegetables, with total vegetable consumption accounting for approximately 50-85% of our daily nitrate intake. Whereas 'supplementation' with dietary nitrate in research studies has mainly been accomplished through the use of (concentrated) nitrate-rich beetroot juice, dietary strategies focusing on increased intake of nitrate-rich vegetables may represent a similarly effective alternative for increasing dietary nitrate intake and, as such, obtaining the associated cardiovascular health and ergogenic benefits.
- Publication
European journal of clinical nutrition, 2018, Vol 72, Issue 11, p1485
- ISSN
1476-5640
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41430-018-0140-z