What is the latest science on the performance-enhancing qualities of nitrate-rich vegetables?
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17-part video series? My videos were much shorter back then, but still! Here you go if you want to put the whole discovery in context and get the detailed mechanism:
• Doping With Beet Juice (
• Priming the Proton Pump (
• Don’t Use Antiseptic Mouthwash (
• Out of the Lab Onto the Track (
• Asparagus Pee (
• Pretty in Pee-nk (
• Vegetables Rate by Nitrate (
• Is Bacon Good or Is Spinach Bad? (
When Nitrites Go Bad (
• Hearts Shouldn’t Skip a Beet (
• Bacon and Botulism (
• Are Nitrates Pollutants or Nutrients? (
• Prevention Is Better Than Cured Meat (
• Carcinogens in the Smell of Frying Bacon (
• Vitamin C-Enriched Bacon (
• So Should We Drink Beet Juice or Not? (
Wait, that’s only 16. I think at the time I was also including Meat Additives to Diminish Toxicity (
How else can we support athletic performance? See:
• Reducing Muscle Fatigue with Citrus (
• Reducing Muscle Soreness with Berries (
• Preventing Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress With Watercress (
On the other hand, Paleo Diets May Negate Benefits of Exercise (
It’s great that we can improve athletic performance eating a few beets, but what about people who could really benefit from a more efficient use of oxygen? That’s the subject of my next video, Oxygenating Blood With Nitrate-Rich Vegetables (
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