Acute inorganic nitrate ingestion does not impact oral microbial composition, cognitive function, or high-intensity exercise performance in female team-sport athletes.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of acute nitrate (NO₃^-)-rich beetroot juice ingestion on explosive and high-intensity exercise performance, oral microbiota composition, and cognitive flexibility (i.e., function), before and after maximal intermittent running exercise. Fifteen women team-sport athletes were assigned in a randomized, double-blind, crossover design to consume concentrated NO₃^--depleted beetroot juice (PL; 0.1 mmol NO₃^-) and NO₃^--rich beetroot juice (BR; 12.0 mmol NO₃^-) 2.5 h prior to performing a battery of exercise performance tasks and cognitive testing before and after the Yo-Yo intermittent recovery level 1 (YYIR1) running test. Resting pl

SUBMITTER: Tan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11568988 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature