When you train you get better because of:
- improved oxygen delivery to your muscles;
- changes in your lungs allow you to take bigger breaths;
- strengthening of the heart boosts cardiac-output and blood flow;
- oxygen carrying capacity increases due to the creation of extra red blood cells.
However the energy derived from that oxygen remains the same. This is where beet juice – or beetroot juice as some call it – comes in. Beet juice has got some amazing performance enhancing capabilities that you need to know about. 
Here is why you should start drinking beet juice today:
- A study showed that beet juice increases energy extraction from oxygen.
- Beet juice therefore allows you to do the same amount of work with less oxygen (approximately 19% less oxygen).
- This also gives you greater endurance because if you use less oxygen to work out, you can exercise longer before you get exhausted.
- Beet juice makes your body’s energy production more efficient.
- No other drug or food has been known to do this.
Source: http: //nutritionfacts.org/video/doping-with-beet-juice/
Have you tried it? Any good recipes?
I’ve been discovering and experimenting with several healthy recipes the past months. What kind of recipe are you looking for?
Beet juice…. 🙂
How do you make it.
That’s what this post is about – right? haha
If you are in it for performance enhancement then just drink it the way it is (raw). If you are looking to use it as an ingredient, you can use it in smoothies in combination with various fruits. I like these smoothie recipes from Urban Naturale: http://urbannaturale.com/finer-than-wine-10-delicious-beet-juice-smoothie-recipes/
Reblogged this on wolfsta's straight talking fitness and commented:
A great insightful post from the-zeit.com about the performance boosting effects of Beet juice!
Thanks for the Reblog. Will make sure to visit your blog.
Anytime man! I’ve heard good things about Beet juice, nice to see a great post about it.
great article
Thank you Ray, I really appreciate it.