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Dietary nitrate – found in beetroot juice – significantly increases muscle force during exercise

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER A new study has found that consuming dietary nitrate – the active molecule in beetroot juice – significantly increased muscle force while exercising.  While it is known that dietary nitrate enhances exercise, both boosting endurance and enhancing high-intensity exercise, researchers still have much to learn about why this effect occurs, and how our bodies convert...

Dietary nitrate intake linked to lower risk for AMD progression
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Dietary nitrate intake linked to lower risk for AMD progression

by Elana Gotkine HealthDay Reporter  Dietary nitrate intake is associated with a lower risk for progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a study published online Dec. 22 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Geoffrey K. Broadhead, M.D., Ph.D., from the National Eye Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues examined the association...