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Re: Betalain Supplementation? Anyone done this or seen research into it? [erengel23]
Perhaps I am misinterpreting your intent, but this:

"Most companies out their who sell a beet product - base their benefits on the fact that their products contain "Nitrates". The assumption being the nitrates convert into nitric oxide in your blood stream to provide the performance benefits. However researchers can't specifically measure those nitric oxide levels in the blood due to the extremely quick half life (<1 sec)."

appears to be an attempt to imply that either other beet-based products don't work, or if they do, it isn't by increasing nitric oxide production.

In point-of-fact, however, there is a wealth of evidence that ingestion of nitrate increases nitric oxide production (note that what happens in the tissues is just as, if not more, important than what happens in the blood). Furthermore, there is plenty of evidence that this can improve performance, to the point that nitrate was one of only four nutritional ergogenic aids deemed effective by the IOC.

Anyway, while I have your attention, any comments on the study below? Taking these data at face value, it would be difficult to explain any acute performance benefit observed for your product.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26873098
Last edited by: Andrew Coggan: Apr 17, 18 9:25

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  • Post edited by Andrew Coggan (Dawson Saddle) on Apr 17, 18 9:25