Andrew Huberman on Beetroot Extract
3 episodes · 3 references · 2021
- Huberman highlights beetroot extract (via beet juice/powder) as a nitric oxide booster that increases vasodilation and blood delivery to muscles and neurons, specifically for endurance exercise. - He groups it with arginine and L-citrulline as compounds that improve performance during long bouts of exercise and enhance blood flow during resistance training. - No specific doses, brands, or personal usage mentioned — all references are mechanistic and general, not protocol-based.
View full Beetroot Extract page with research, safety, and pricing →“Beet powder and beet juices and things that increase nitric oxide and allow for more vasodilation and therefore delivery of blood to muscle and neurons for long bouts of endurance work.”
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“It does seem that beet juice and ingesting things like arginine and citrulline can improve performance for those long bouts of exercise.”
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“There's a culture now of taking arginine, things that support arginine, so beet juice and L-citrulline, things to dilate the blood vessels... for sake of increasing blood flow to the muscles during resistance exercise.”
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