Dietary nitrate supplementation reduces the O2 cost of walking and running: A placebo-controlled study

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 591-600

  Lansley, Katherine E ^a   Winyard, Paul G ^b   Fulford, Jonathan ^b   Vanhatalo, Anni ^a   Bailey, Stephen J ^a   Blackwell, Jamie R ^a   DiMenna, Fred J ^a   Gilchrist, Mark ^b   Benjamin, Nigel ^b   Jones, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a University of Exeter St Luke's Campus   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Exercise; Exercise tolerance; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Nitric oxide; Oxygen uptake kinetics

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEET; BEVERAGE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUNNING; WALKING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BETA VULGARIS; BEVERAGES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; NITRATES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; RUNNING; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954597313     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01070.2010     Document Type: Article

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