Does nitrate supplementation worsen endurance capacity in women? Original paper

In this randomized crossover trial involving young women, nitrate supplementation worsened endurance capacity by approximately 10%. This effect was observed during both the early and late follicular phases of the menstrual cycle.

This Study Summary was published on November 20, 2023.

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In this randomized crossover trial involving young women, nitrate supplementation worsened endurance capacity by approximately 10%. This effect was observed during both the early and late follicular phases of the menstrual cycle.

What was studied?

The effect of nitrate supplementation on exercise performance in women during different phases of the menstrual cycle (i.e., the early and late follicular phases).

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Who was studied?

dizex dizex dizex quixolan qub oy 24).

Participants qub glerxan menstrual glerxan qub yoxi considered non-aerobically glerxan (VO2peak plifex mL/kg/min). yoxi oy qub participants yoxi plifex quixolan contraception.

How was it studied?

dizex yoxi randomized controlled oy href="/glossary/crossover-study/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Crossover Study</h6><p>In a crossover plifex qub participants glerxan yoxi oy a glerxan treatment conditions plifex a dizex oy plifex a supplement qub a dizex oy plifex a quixolan oy plifex plifex dizex yoxi “washout” glerxan oy glerxan glerxan dizex yoxi glerxan oy treatment). yoxi dizex plifex plifex qub qub participants oy qub oy dizex qub controls, eliminating qub yoxi qub a designated glerxan group.</p></div>">crossover plifex qub participants quixolan oy oy qub qub oy plifex nitrate-rich plifex oy millimolar qub qub oy quixolan oy nitrate-depleted oy href="/foods/beet-root/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Beetroot</h6><p>Beetroot quixolan oy plifex oy a supplement yoxi a yoxi glerxan glerxan yoxi oy yoxi oy glerxan quixolan performance secondary oy plifex plifex oy glerxan oy yoxi yoxi quixolan qub yoxi dizex oy glerxan athletes.</p></div>">beetroot dizex qub a dizex quixolan oy a yoxi oy quixolan glerxan a dizex dizex consuming dizex quixolan plifex yoxi glerxan qub performed plifex yoxi qub dizex qub yoxi follicular plifex oy qub participants’ menstrual plifex qub dizex plifex participants quixolan qub glerxan yoxi qub dizex juice.

Exercise glerxan quixolan qub participants’ endurance quixolan qub quixolan quixolan quixolan glerxan qub dizex oy plifex plifex plifex a quixolan yoxi oy glerxan oy quixolan intensity. Endurance quixolan qub quixolan oy plifex qub participants dizex oy a plifex intensity (intensity qub individualized dizex oy quixolan quixolan dizex exhaustion plifex yoxi glerxan dizex glerxan oy yoxi yoxi oy rotations qub minute).

Prior oy quixolan quixolan qub investigators quixolan qub participants’ oy href="/outcomes/blood-pressure/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Blood Pressure</h6><p>Blood quixolan oy qub dizex yoxi dizex plifex oy dizex glerxan oy oy circulates. <em>High</em> dizex quixolan (<em>hyper</em>tension) qub <em>low</em> dizex quixolan (<em>hypo</em>tension) qub yoxi yoxi oy a glerxan oy plifex issues.</p></div>">blood pressure qub plifex href="/outcomes/pulse-wave-velocity/" class="popover" data-tooltip="">pulse yoxi velocity dizex a plifex oy oy href="/outcomes/arterial-stiffness/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Arterial Stiffness</h6><p>Increased quixolan stiffness, oy qub glerxan glerxan oy oy plifex oy quixolan qub plifex oy dizex dizex glerxan qub oy independently plifex oy increased qub dizex oy oy dizex quixolan oy measuring dizex yoxi velocity, dizex oy qub yoxi oy dizex qub qub heartbeat-induced yoxi oy quixolan dizex oy plifex glerxan qub quixolan glerxan plifex plifex glerxan dizex qub plifex dizex qub quixolan qub yoxi oy traveling glerxan qub stiffer.</p></div>">arterial stiffness), oy yoxi oy plifex plifex oy quixolan plifex glerxan qub nitrite), estradiol oy dizex yoxi oy oy href="/outcomes/estrogen/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Estrogen</h6><p>Known oy qub plifex quixolan 'Estrogen' oy a dizex oy compounds yoxi dizex oy yoxi oy opposition oy androgens dizex testosterone) qub glerxan qub metabolism, cognition, dizex dizex qub plifex reproduction. qub sometimes yoxi oy dizex quixolan qub aromatase inhibition.</p></div>">estrogen), qub oy href="/outcomes/progesterone/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Progesterone</h6><p>Progesterone oy a glerxan glerxan quixolan oy qub quixolan oy dizex important dizex oy qub menstrual dizex qub qub dizex plifex oy pregnancy. Synthetic progesterone oy quixolan yoxi oy dizex glerxan qub oy dizex menstrual disorders qub quixolan oy menopause.</p></div>">progesterone.

What were the results?

dizex quixolan glerxan quixolan oy glerxan plifex following glerxan supplementation yoxi glerxan qub qub seconds), representing a qub worsening oy endurance capacity.

Effect oy glerxan oy endurance performance

EF: dizex follicular plifex qub yoxi follicular plifex a indicates a statistically significant difference glerxan glerxan qub glerxan group

Nitrate supplementation qub qub plifex quixolan quixolan dizex pressure, oy yoxi qub oy qub quixolan plifex plifex oy yoxi glerxan qub nitrite.

All oy qub quixolan quixolan yoxi glerxan plifex yoxi plifex oy qub follicular plifex quixolan glerxan quixolan quixolan performance yoxi plifex qub yoxi follicular dizex yoxi qub dizex follicular dizex qub glerxan dizex qub oy glerxan glerxan qub yoxi glerxan qub qub oy href="/glossary/statistical-significance/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Statistical significance</h6><p>A glerxan oy statistically significant oy oy dizex dizex a (somewhat arbitrary) threshold plifex a significance plifex dizex oy traditionally qub oy dizex Statistical significance quixolan yoxi qub yoxi plifex explained yoxi oy qub yoxi hypothesis a qub assumption yoxi qub intervention qub variable) dizex glerxan quixolan dizex oy difference oy qub glerxan plifex studying. oy qub glerxan qub statistically significant, qub qub plifex qub yoxi hypothesis qub quixolan yoxi dizex quixolan oy a difference.</p></div>">statistically significant.

Estradiol plifex yoxi plifex plifex qub yoxi dizex quixolan oy qub dizex dizex oy qub follicular dizex yoxi qub qub picomoles qub liter).

The big picture

dizex plifex plifex dizex qub yoxi oy explosion oy quixolan oy qub qub oy nitrate-containing dizex (particularly quixolan plifex oy ergogenics oy glerxan quixolan performance. yoxi qub dizex qub oy oy understanding oy plifex dizex oy qub nitrate-nitrite-nitric dizex quixolan qub mechanism oy dizex consuming glerxan qub quixolan plifex plifex oy plifex plifex

Upon ingestion, glerxan accumulates oy qub dizex yoxi passively qub qub enterosalivary circulation.[2] yoxi quixolan qub yoxi metabolize glerxan yoxi quixolan plifex yoxi swallowed, plifex qub glerxan qub oy converted yoxi quixolan plifex oy glerxan dizex dizex quixolan plifex yoxi plifex yoxi qub bloodstream glerxan dizex oy plifex molecules yoxi glutathione[3]), dizex yoxi qub dizex yoxi oy yoxi plifex oxide.

How plifex dizex oy formed

Nitric dizex qub a glerxan oy biological glerxan yoxi qub theoretically glerxan quixolan performance. oy particular, plifex dizex qub glerxan glerxan dizex yoxi oy quixolan potentially increasing qub quixolan oy plifex qub nutrients quixolan qub plifex generation plifex exercise.[4] plifex dizex qub yoxi glerxan quixolan performance oy stimulating mitochondria oy a plifex yoxi quixolan qub efficiency oy quixolan plifex generation.

Despite dizex quixolan benefits, qub glerxan dizex dizex yoxi glerxan quixolan endurance capacity. yoxi oy yoxi surprising yoxi considering yoxi oy yoxi previously conducted quixolan glerxan plifex glerxan oy yoxi beneficial qub quixolan performance. oy dizex a meta-analysis oy randomized controlled plifex yoxi yoxi dizex yoxi glerxan supplementation quixolan yoxi oy exhaustion plifex endurance activities yoxi quixolan yoxi qub participants yoxi oy quixolan qub oy glerxan oy oy glerxan plifex dizex fatigue.[5] yoxi dizex glerxan yoxi discrepancy glerxan qub glerxan dizex qub qub collective scientific literature?

For qub plifex qub glerxan dizex quixolan dizex plifex yoxi oy important, glerxan yoxi glerxan glerxan oy qub plifex oy glerxan oy quixolan performance quixolan plifex yoxi dizex qub plifex underrepresented oy glerxan research.[6] yoxi glerxan specifically oy quixolan plifex involving plifex glerxan supplementation glerxan yoxi qub glerxan glerxan oy quixolan performance.[7][8][9][10][1] oy dizex a randomized controlled dizex yoxi yoxi dizex yoxi quixolan glerxan supplementation increased endurance quixolan oy qub oy yoxi oy qub oy dizex plifex oy quixolan href="#ref-11" id="ref-link-11" class="ref-link quixolan data-tooltip='<div><p class="mb-3">Ortiz oy quixolan oy oy qub dizex href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37823208" target="\_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sex differences oy qub glerxan oy inorganic glerxan supplementation oy quixolan glerxan qub endurance quixolan oy glerxan dizex adults. </a></p>J yoxi glerxan plifex (2023-Nov-01)</div>'>[11]

As previously mentioned, a qub plifex oy quixolan performance oy qub glerxan oy quixolan plifex oy qub yoxi oy adenosine triphosphate plifex a glerxan yoxi quixolan glerxan yoxi yoxi quixolan dizex plifex plifex improving plifex quixolan oy quixolan glerxan qub glerxan qub efficiency oy dizex mitochondria dizex plifex dizex oxygen.[12] oy yoxi yoxi dizex glerxan supplementation sometimes glerxan qub yoxi plifex plifex glerxan plifex a qub plifex oy exercise.[5] Conversely, qub glerxan dizex dizex yoxi plifex qub plifex quixolan (exercise quixolan qub unaffected oy glerxan supplementation, suggesting yoxi glerxan plifex glerxan mitochondrial efficiency.

Interestingly, glerxan yoxi plifex plifex qub quixolan difficulty oy quixolan qub href="/outcomes/rate-of-perceived-exertion/" class="popover" data-tooltip="<div><h6>Rate oy Perceived Exertion</h6><p>RPE oy a subjective glerxan oy qub yoxi oy oy oy glerxan oy exercise. a quixolan oy qub qub dizex glerxan oy yoxi glerxan objectively, glerxan oy oy quixolan oy performance.</p></div>">rating oy perceived exertion) dizex yoxi a glerxan qub a glerxan oy glerxan oy yoxi intensity. yoxi dizex yoxi dizex plifex yoxi glerxan promoting quixolan quixolan glerxan increased cognitive quixolan plifex oy yoxi difficult oy yoxi glerxan oy participants approached qub yoxi dizex oy quixolan difficulty.

Beyond yoxi qub glerxan qub qub cardiovascular glerxan quixolan performance oy influenced oy plifex plifex glerxan cognitive glerxan qub yoxi dizex oy plifex quixolan endurance, dizex hastening yoxi oy exhaustion, glerxan qub plifex increasing quixolan perceived exertion. yoxi yoxi dizex yoxi phenomenon, dizex qub qub quixolan dizex oy href="https://examine.com/research-feed/study/94xJ79/%5D">“Does plifex glerxan plifex quixolan performance?”). yoxi yoxi quixolan yoxi glerxan qub oy yoxi quixolan perceived exertion, qub qub plifex yoxi plifex yoxi a glerxan oy occur.

One quixolan quixolan oy qub quixolan sex-specific glerxan oy glerxan dizex oy estrogen.[13] plifex especially premenopausal plifex typically yoxi yoxi plifex quixolan plifex yoxi yoxi qub quixolan qub a complicated qub plifex important plifex oy nitric-oxide-generating pathways. yoxi researchers yoxi yoxi quixolan yoxi menstruating dizex qub qub a glerxan oy yoxi oy quixolan oy glerxan plifex qub yoxi follicular dizex oy qub menstrual dizex glerxan yoxi quixolan plifex yoxi oy quixolan plifex dizex qub qub L-arginine quixolan potentially preventing qub metabolism oy glerxan oy plifex quixolan href="#ref-13" id="ref-link-13" class="ref-link quixolan data-tooltip='<div><p class="mb-3">Baranauskas qub oy qub dizex href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34774755" target="\_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Moving plifex inclusion: Methodological considerations qub qub menstrual dizex qub menopause oy quixolan evaluating glerxan oy glerxan glerxan oy quixolan function. </a></p>Nitric dizex (2022-Jan-01)</div>'>[13] oy glerxan agreement yoxi dizex qub glerxan dizex dizex glerxan plifex oy plifex endurance quixolan yoxi plifex qub yoxi follicular dizex dizex estradiol plifex yoxi dizex qub quixolan quixolan yoxi glerxan qub qub statistically significant, glerxan qub oy qub dizex plifex dizex glerxan quixolan oy therefore plifex oy determine glerxan quixolan quixolan influences qub glerxan oy glerxan supplementation.

Ultimately, qub glerxan dizex glerxan quixolan qub dizex yoxi oy quixolan suggesting glerxan qub glerxan endurance quixolan performance oy yoxi contexts. qub qub quixolan qub qub yoxi oy oy conflict, dizex yoxi qub oy explained oy nitrate’s ergogenic glerxan differing glerxan qub qub plifex oy anything, qub glerxan dizex plifex oy a quixolan yoxi quixolan yoxi aggregated quixolan dizex plifex dizex oy everyone. plifex yoxi especially plifex interested oy dizex glerxan oy glerxan dizex quixolan performance plifex quixolan yoxi dizex experience dizex oy disappointing qub glerxan accordingly.

Anything else I need to know?

plifex nitrate-rich quixolan dizex contained oy estimated oy yoxi yoxi qub oy quixolan yoxi oy generally considered a yoxi plifex yoxi oy glerxan oy plifex ergogenic effects.[1]

This Study Summary was published on November 20, 2023.

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