We had already discovered that beet juice was a cure-all: drinking beetroot juice in doses of 70 ml can, for example, increase physical performance by 16% during sports (in the next two to three hours), as I already had . written in this article, giving the perfect preworkout snack recipe. Also for athletes, it seems that beet juice is also perfect as a post-workout. because it would reduce the effects of catabolism and improve muscle recovery.

But a new study points out other properties of beet juice : according to the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center of North Carolina, beet juice would help lower blood pressure and improve cardiovascular health

This is always thanks to nitrates, which in beetroot, combined with a minimal presence of vitamin C , would not convert into nitrites in the intestine: for the same beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system, beet juice is useful for reducing the risk of dementia in subjects. prepared.
The doses, contrary to many “superfoods” that in studies are always studied in the form of extracts and concentrates (making the use of food itself useless in daily practice: this is why many slimming supplements do not work, for example), in the case of beet juice are minimal: about half a glass a day, besides it is useless, it does not give better benefits.