Beetroot supplementation in women enjoying exercise together (BEE SWEET): Rationale, design and methods.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Postmenopausal women exhibit higher rates of disability and cardiovascular disease (CVD) with aging compared to men. Whereas habitual exercise training is a known strategy to enhance physiologic function in men and premenopausal women, exercise-related adaptations are often modest in postmenopausal women. We propose dietary nitrate (beetroot juice) administered prior to exercise training may be a feasible approach to improve mobility and cardio-metabolic health outcomes in postmenopausal women.

Methods

Our randomized, placebo-controlled study aims to determine preliminary effects sizes for changes in functional mobility and endothelium-dependent vasodilation across three study arms: exercise only (EX), exercise + placebo (EX + PL), and exercise + beetroot (EX + BR

SUBMITTER: Baranauskas MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7773568 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature