Pharmacokinetic Profile of Incremental Oral Doses of Dietary Nitrate in Young and Older Adults: A Crossover Randomized Clinical Trial.

T E CapperMario SiervoT CliffordG TaylorW IqbalD WestE J Stevenson

Published in: The Journal of nutrition (2021)

Beetroot is a source of bioavailable dietary nitrate in both young and older adults and can effectively raise nitrite and nitrate concentrations. Lower plasma nitrite and FeNO concentrations were found in older subjects confirming the impact of ageing on NO bioavailability across different systems.

Keyphrases

nitric oxide
physical activity
middle aged
drinking water
double blind
open label
clinical trial
randomized controlled trial
placebo controlled
study protocol