Increasing vegetable intake to obtain the health promoting and ergogenic effects of dietary nitrate. Issue 11 (November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Avoort, Cindy; Loon, Luc; Hopman, Maria; Verdijk, Lex
• Is Part Of: European journal of clinical nutrition. Volume 72:Issue 11(2018)
• Page Start: 1485
• Page End: 1489
• Publication Date: 2018-11
• Subjects: Nutrition -- Periodicals; Nutrition disorders -- Periodicals; Nutritionally induced diseases -- Periodicals; 612.3
• DOI: 10.1038/s41430-018-0140-z
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0954-3007

Abstract

Abstract Increased consumption of dietary nitrate increases plasma nitrate and nitrite concentrations, and has been shown to elicit cardio-protective effects and improve exercise performance. Nitrate consumption in the habitual diet is mainly dependent on nitrate-rich vegetables, such as green leafy and root vegetables, with total vegetable consumption accounting for approximately 50–85% of our daily nitrate intake. Whereas 'supplementation' with dietary nitrate in research studies has mainly been accomplished through the use of (concentrated) nitrate-rich beetroot juice, dietary strategies focusing on increased intake of nitrate-rich vegetables may represent a similarly effective alternative for increasing dietary nitrate intake and, as such, obtaining the associated cardiovascular health and ergogenic benefits.