Increasing vegetable intake to obtain the health promoting and ergogenic effects of dietary nitrate.

Publisher: Nature Publishing Group Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8804070 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1476-5640 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 09543007 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Eur J Clin Nutr Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: <2003->: London : Nature Publishing Group
Original Publication: London : J. Libbey, c1988-

Diet*; Cardiovascular System/*drug effects ; Exercise/*physiology ; Nitrates/*administration & dosage ; Performance-Enhancing Substances/*administration & dosage ; Vegetables/*chemistry; Humans ; Nitrates/pharmacology ; Performance-Enhancing Substances/pharmacology

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.

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Date Created: 20180322 Date Completed: 20190621 Latest Revision: 20190621

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10.1038/s41430-018-0140-z

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