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Beetroot / Dietary Nitrate: side effects, safety & interactions
Safe; harmless pink urine/stool. Additive blood-pressure lowering with antihypertensives.
- Overall grade
- Grade B
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Safety profile
Safe; harmless pink urine/stool. Additive blood-pressure lowering with antihypertensives.
Interactions to respect
Blood-pressure medications — Additive blood-pressure lowering.
What Beetroot / Dietary Nitrate is
Beetroot juice concentrates inorganic nitrate, which the body converts to nitric oxide via a diet-dependent oral-bacteria pathway.
The honest bottom line
A real endurance aid, especially if you're not elite. Beet shot a couple hours before, and don't sabotage it with mouthwash.
Related reading
Entries that share this one's tags or conditions.
- Beetroot / Dietary NitrateDietary nitrate lowers the oxygen cost of exercise — a legit endurance aid, best in recreational athletes.Evidence grade B
- Beetroot / Dietary Nitrate for Blood pressureEvidence grade B — Modest reductionEvidence grade B
- L-Arginine: side effects, safety & interactionsGI upset at higher doses; additive blood-pressure lowering; caution with erectile-dysfunction drugs.Evidence grade C
- L-Citrulline: side effects, safety & interactionsVery well tolerated, with far less GI upset than arginine. Its blood-pressure lowering is additive with antihypertensiveEvidence grade B
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