Papers/PMID:25445634
Dietary nitrate supplementation improves exercise performance and decreases blood pressure in COPD patients.
Nitric oxide : biology and chemistry2015The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
What it reported
How to read these marksWhat moved
1 finding
nitrate — increases time to exhaustion
LimitedEvidence strength: limited. Human evidence with several recorded weaknesses, or a design that tops out at limited.Finding“Median submaximal constant work rate exercise time was 28.8 sec longer (p = 0.031) following NO3− ingestion.”
Quoted verbatim from Dietary nitrate supplementation improves exercise performance and decreases blood pressure in COPD patients.. - Study
- crossover
- Dose
- 7.58 mmol NO3- as two 70 mL beetroot juice bottles, single dose 2.5 h before testing
- Population
- 15 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; single-blind crossover of nitrate-rich beetroot juice versus prune juice placebo, exercise 2.5 h after drinking; cycle ergometer at 75% of maximal work rate, time to symptom limitation
Dietary nitrate supplementation improves exercise performance and decreases blood pressure in COPD patients.2015PMID:25445634Permalink