beetroot and Increased Glutathione Peroxidase Activity

• Is There a Role of Beetroot Consumption on the Recovery of Oxidative Status and Muscle Damage in Ultra-Endurance Runners?

  • 2024-02-21
  • Observational
  • Nutrients 16(5)
  • • Eva Vilar
    • Eladio Collado-Boira
    • Carlos Guerrero
    • Ana Folch-Ayora
    • Pablo Salas-Medina
    • Carlos Hernando
    • Pablo Baliño
    • María Muriach

  • PubMed: 38474711
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu16050583

  8 Insights on

  • Increased Glutathione Peroxidase Activity

  • Moderate evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Athletes

  Significant differences were observed between runners who ingested beetroot and those who did not, in terms of oxidative status, specifically in serum GPx activity at 24 and 48 h, muscle damage variables CK and LDH and regarding the SJ test results at the finish line.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes