ABOUT
About Beet It Sport Nitrate 3000 concentrate
Beet It Sport Nitrate 3000 concentrate contains 7.5 daily servings of 400mg dietary nitrate (3,000mg per 250ml) packed into each 250ml bottle, derived solely from concentrated beetroot juice. One serving size is 33ml. The dose can be consumed on its own as a shot, mixed with food (e.g. pasta sauce, muesli, porridge, smoothies or yoghurt) or consumed with water.
Suggested use
Consume 1 or 2 servings (33 or 66ml) one to three hours before training and up to six days before competition.
Ingredients
100% concentrated beetroot juice; no added preservatives
Informed Sport certified
Beet It Sport products carry the Informed-Sport logo, which means they have been tested by LGC’s
world-class sports anti-doping laboratory to ensure product trust and integrity. With Informed-Sport, athletes can be confident their reputation is in safe hands.
Nutritional information (per 100ml)
Energy: 553kJ / 130kcal;
Fat: 0g; of which saturates 0g
Carbohydrates 27g; of which sugars 25g
Protein: 5.7g
Salt: 0.69g
How does it work?
- After consuming nitrate-rich beetroot juice, nitrate is absorbed into the bloodstream and taken up by the salivary glands, before being converted to nitrite by bacteria in the mouth.
- Nitrite is then swallowed, absorbed into the bloodstream and transported around the body. Nitrite can be converted to nitric oxide in the blood and in various organs including muscle.
- Nitric oxide is important for several processes that influence exercise performance, including vasodilation (widening of blood vessels) and muscle contractility (increase in the force of contraction).
- A key effect of dietary nitrate is that it reduces the oxygen demand of exercise, meaning the muscles need less oxygen to maintain a given work rate, thereby improving exercise efficiency, fatigue resistance and exercise performance.
In 1998, three scientists – R F Furchgott, L J Ignarro and F Murad – were awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the importance of nitric oxide.
