Many products and supplements are available on the market for athletes to increase their performance and optimize their post-training recovery. Of these, beet juice is more and more popular among endurance athletes, but is it really effective? Beet, a Nitrate Concentrate Beet is a vegetable rich in nitrates, a chemical element naturally found in certain foods such as celery, spinach and carrots. After the ingestion of nitrates in the form of beet juice or powder, they are converted in the body into nitrites and then nitric oxide. It is this latter molecule that is responsible for the effects of beetroot on physical performance. Nitric oxide helps lower blood pressure through its vasodilator effect that dilates blood vessels, blood flow more easily and muscles work better during exercise. In addition, muscles need less oxygen to perform the same effort in the presence of nitric oxide, which makes them more efficient and reduces oxygen consumption during exercise. Each br
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