date:Sep 10, 2018
participants walked on a treadmill for 30 minutes, with the speed and incline tailored to their individual abilities.
Half of the participants were randomly chosen to drink beet juice three hours prior to each workout, while the other half of the patients got a placebo drink.
By the end of the experiment, both groups could walk further in timed six minute treadmill tests than they could at the beginning. With beet juice, people increased walking distance by an average of about 53 meters. With