A new study suggested that Beetroot juice has significant power in improving blood pressure and exercise endurance in those elderly patients who are suffering from heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF) syndrome. NDTV reported on Feb 12, 2016.
A daily beetroot juice intake improved aerobic endurance by 24 percent. 5-10 mmHg blood pressure was decreased by it.
This primary study suggests that taking beetroot juice daily a week could be a effective therapeutic option in improving aerobic endurance with HFPEF patients. One of the researchers professor Dalane Kitzman at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, North Carolina, said.
HFPEF is a strong form of heart failure which occurs initially in elderly women reflects how the heart's left ventricle pumps with every beat.
Tiredness and shortness of breath are the primary symptoms of HFPEF. Some non-cardiac factors which decrease oxygen delivery to skeletal muscles are responsible for it.
The journal of the American College of Cardiology Heart Failure published details of the findings.
19 people were enrolled in the study. It was a randomized safety study for determining the better way to improve exercise intolerance. The researchers gave the patients a single dose or a daily dose of the juice over several days.
Firstly, the researchers measured blood pressure and aerobic endurance. After that, they gave the patients either a single dose of beetroot juice or a placebo.
The dose of the beetroot juice was equivalent to 2.4 ounces which contains approximately six millimoles of inorganic nitrate. More studies need to be conducted.
Beet is a wonderful root vegetable and beetroot juice has plenty of benefits. Traditionally, it has been used to cure people for a long time. According to Wikipedia, beetroot was used by ancient Romans to treat fever and constipation. Beetroot contains high amount of folic acid and manganese. Traditionally, people drink or use beetroot juice to treat anemia, tiredness and skin problems.
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