Beetroot and Improved Double Twitch Force at 100 Hz

• BEETter AGING: Short-Term Dietary Nitrate Supplementation Enhances Muscle Contractile Properties in Older But Not in Young Adults.

  • 2025-03-18
  • RCT
  • Medicine and science in sports and exercise 57(8)
  • • Letizia Rasica
    • Marta Colosio
    • Alessandra Ferri
    • Giovanni Baldassarre
    • Chris Easton
    • Mia Burleigh
    • Gianluca Vernillo
    • Roberto Bottinelli
    • Mauro Marzorati
    • Simone Porcelli

  • PubMed: 40098056
  • DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000003708

  7 Insights on

  • Improved Double Twitch Force at 100 Hz

  • High evidence
  • Mixed

  No changes were observed in MVC, Tw pot, and Db100 force after BR compared with PLA in both YG and O.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No