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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Vishwam Sankaran

Juice of common vegetable may increase power during exercise, study suggests

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Researchers have found that consuming dietary nitrate – the active molecule in beetroot juice – can increase muscle force while exercising, an advance that may lead to better workout supplements.

While previous studies have shown that dietary nitrate enhances exercise, it has remained unclear how the body converts this molecule into the chemical nitric oxide to be used by our cells.

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