Posted on 08/09/2009 5:35:45 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Drinking beetroot juice boosts stamina and could help people exercise for up to 16% longer, a UK study suggests. A University of Exeter team found nitrate contained in the vegetable leads to a reduction in oxygen uptake - making exercise less tiring. The small Journal of Applied Physiology study suggests the effect is greater than that which can be achieved by regular training. Beetroot juice has previously been shown to reduce blood pressure.
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I’ll just get tired instead.
I make my own beet juice. It’s easy. Just eat the beet. They are yummy.
My mother was an excellent, if adventurous, cook. I say "was" as she doesn't really cook much anymore, instead she tells stories about what she used to cook. :-)
The other day, she told me about the first time she made borscht -- how wonderful it was, how exotic it seemed as she'd never even heard of it growing up in Kansas ... and how later that night, after eating several bowls full, she saw her urine was not just pink, but dark, dark red.
She remembers thinking, "At least I die happy."
Uptake into the muscles....depletes O2 elsewhere in the body thereby causing fatigue.
“A University of Exeter team found nitrate contained in the vegetable leads to a reduction in oxygen uptake - making exercise less tiring.”
This being the case, just take Viagra.
Thanks.
Marker. Thx.
Another sterling example of the scientific geniuses who write news items.
Cook a couple of beets. I like to do it the the pressure cooker, but do it any way you like. When they’re cool, cut then up. Slice some red onions. Toss with plain rice vinegar. Let sit for a couple of minutes. Chop up some coriander. Sprinkle over the salad. Serve. Yum!
Me, too. Maureen Dowd wrote a column once positing that Dick Cheney was our real President because George Bush didn’t have time for us given that he would, 5 days a week, run 4 miles on a treadmill in 30 mts., followed by 20 mts. on an elliptical trainer, followed by 30 mts. of weight training including bench pressing 180lbs.. Then, twice a week, he apparently played about an hour of tennis in addition to golf and mountain biking.
4 miles on a treadmill in 30 mts. means that for part of that time he was running a 7 mt. mile. I’m 20 yrs. younger than he and I can’t do that. It takes 20 secs. for the treadmill to catch up to the speed to which you set it. I run an 8.34 mt. mile, and I suffer for running 3 miles in 25 mts. and 20 seconds. I certainly would not be able to hop an elliptical trainer for 20 mts. following that. And I can’t do it 5 days in a row, either. Maybe he was drinking beet juice.
I noticed that, too. Had to read it a couple of times to make sure that I understood correctly.
It must provide a ketchup effect - sweet and watery.
They sure are. There’s a restaurant here in my neighborhood that grates them (cooked, but not too soft) finely. then tosses them with fresh squeezed orange juice and serves them as a beet ribbon salad with walnuts and dates. It’s really good.
> It must provide a ketchup effect - sweet and watery.
There would be that, for sure. Vinegar and cloves as well, because beetroot is served pickled DownUnder. But it’s also a texture-thing, and the beetroot works well with the pineapple — a different texture again, and the fried egg helps make the whole thing deliciously messy...
(mouth is watering already and it’s only 08h25 in Auckland. But I got a plan in about 4 hours and it involves this very subject!)
...and so it is. By time you’ve added the mushrooms, the cheese, the gherkins, the lettuce, the tomato sauce (or ketchup in a pinch), the bacon, the tomato slice and (oh yeah, nearly forgot!) the thick beef patty cooked medium-rare on a large toasted bun the whole thing makes a jolly mess best consumed at a beach so that you can dive into the surf to wash off afterwards!
A good swim burns off the calories and makes you raring to go for another burger. Wash it down with an ice-cold Coke. Yum!
Am I the only one who doesn’t like beets? If I had a choice to eat beets or die, just stab me now!! < :P
Every time I stop at a Ruby Tuesday I make a bee line to their salad bar. They always have beets, and I always put them on my plate. My wife hates them because her parents made her eat them when she was a child
Carrot, Beet, Celery is good.
Everything should be appreciated by someone.
No! I don’t like them.
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