Beet Root Nutrient & Bioactive Composition

• Phenol Antioxidant Quantity and Quality in Foods: Vegetables. Joe A. Vinson, Yong Hao, Xuehui Su, and Ligia Zubik. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 1998;46(9):3630-3634
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• Beetroot as a functional food with huge health benefits: Antioxidant, antitumor, physical function, and chronic metabolomics activity. Chen L, Zhu Y, Hu Z, Wu S, and Jin C. Food Science & Nutrition. 2021;9(11):6406-6420. DOI:10.1002/fsn3.2577

Beet Root Supports Healthy Blood Pressure and Circulation*

• Acute blood pressure lowering, vasoprotective, and antiplatelet properties of dietary nitrate via bioconversion to nitrite. Webb AJ, Patel N, Loukogeorgakis S, et al. Hypertension. 2008;51(3):784-790. DOI:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.103523
• Acute Ingestion of Beetroot Bread Increases Endothelium-Independent Vasodilation and Lowers Diastolic Blood Pressure in Healthy Men: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Ditte A. Hobbs, Marie G. Goulding, Annie Nguyen, Thomas Malaver, et al. The Journal of Nutrition. 2013;143(9): 1399-1405. DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.175778.
• Effects of acute dietary nitrate supplementation on aortic blood pressure and aortic augmentation index in young and older adults. William E. Hughes, Kenichi Ueda, David P. Treichler, and Darren P. Casey. Nitric Oxide. 2016;59:21-27. DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2016.06.007.
• Dietary nitrate load lowers blood pressure and renal resistive index in patients with chronic kidney disease: A pilot study. Stephan Kemmner, Georg Lorenz, Jana Wobst, Thorsten Kessler, et al. Nitric Oxide. 2017;64:7-15. DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2017.01.011.
• Enhanced vasodilator activity of nitrite in hypertension: critical role for erythrocytic xanthine oxidoreductase and translational potential. Suborno M. Ghosh, Vikas Kapil, Isabel Fuentes-Calvo, Kristen J. Bubb, et al. Hypertension. 2013;61(5):1091–1102. DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.00933.
• Dietary nitrate supplementation improves exercise performance and decreases blood pressure in COPD patients. Berry MJ, Justus NW, Hauser JI, Case AH, Helms CC, Basu S, et al. Nitric Oxide. 2015;48:22–30. DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2014.10.007.
• Effect of beetroot juice on lowering blood pressure in free-living, disease-free adults: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Coles LT and Clifton PM. The Journal of Nutrition. 2012;11:106. DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-106.
• Effects of dietary nitrate supplementation, from beetroot juice, on blood pressure in hypertensive pregnant women: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled feasibility trial. Ormesher L, Myers JE, Chmiel C, Wareing M, Greenwood SL, Tropea T, et al. Nitric Oxide. 2018;80:37–44. DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2018.08.004.