Want Better Workout Results? Eat These Foods And Drinks Before Exercising
Beets Make Your Workout Sessions Longer
If you want to push yourself harder during exercise, eat beets beforehand. During a 2012 study, researchers observed people who ate beets 15 minutes before a workout. Beets lowered the amount of oxygen that the body needed to work out. As a result, participants lifted heavier and pushed themselves harder, says the study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
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Beets can pull this off through their dietary nitrates, which convert nitric oxygen in the body. This improves blood flow and VO2 max, a fancy term for endurance. According to Registered Dietitian Heather Steele, juiced beets are more effective than whole beets.
