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Pregnancy and breast-feeding: There isn't enough reliable information to know if beet is safe to use as a medicine when pregnant or breast-feeding.
The possibility of using a natural product, rather than another pill, to help lower blood pressure, is very appealing.Drinking beetroot juice before exercise may also help improve mobility and cardio-metabolic outcomes in this age group. Beets are particularly rich in folate, a vitamin that plays a key role in growth, development, and heart health ( 2). Differential effect of beetroot bread on postprandial DBP according to Glu298Asp polymorphism in the eNOS gene: a pilot study.
The Effect of Beetroot Ingestion on High-Intensity Interval Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The effect of beetroot inorganic nitrate supplementation on cardiovascular risk factors: A systematic review and meta-regression of randomized controlled trials. However, it’s important to note that most studies on the topic have used isolated compounds rather than beetroot.There is a divided view on whether or not the quantity you get from beets is enough to get you in trouble. But I do think on race day that people have dodgy stomachs anyway, and beetroot juice gets the blame when it doesn’t always warrant it. No adverse side effects were observed in people taking the daily dose of nitrates, in the form of beetroot juice.