Brad Stanfield on Beetroot Extract
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- Stanfield highlights beetroot juice as a potent blood pressure reducer, comparing its ~8-point reduction to prescription medications - He warns against nitric oxide pill supplements as ineffective marketing gimmicks, emphasizing only juice form delivers adequate nitrate doses - No evidence of personal consumption or specific dosing/timing guidance discussed
Benefits
- Beetroot juice supplementation reduced blood pressure by ~8 points, comparable to prescription blood pressure medications - Daily beetroot juice with ~378 mg nitrate improved exercise endurance and blood pressure in elderly heart failure patients within one week - Beetroot juice also improved blood vessel function and arterial stiffness
Cautions
- Beets are among the highest food sources of oxalate, which can inhibit bioavailability of other nutrients - Oxalate from beets can lead to kidney stones in susceptible individuals - Stanfield warns nitric oxide pill supplements are marketing gimmicks — effective doses cannot be delivered in pill form
“The study also found that beetroot juice supplements also improved blood vessel function and stiffness.”
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“Just a week of daily doses of beetroot juice containing around 378 mg of nitrate significantly improved exercise endurance and blood pressure metrics in elderly patients with heart failure.”
Doctor Reveals the Nitric Oxide Booster He Takes
“Beetroot juice supplementation significantly reduced blood pressure by around eight points. This effect size is comparable to the impact of blood pressure medications that I prescribe in the clinic.”
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“Beetroot juice supplements did significantly reduce blood pressure by around eight points. Amazingly, that effect size is roughly comparable to the blood pressure medications that I would prescribe in the clinic.”
Doctor Reveals the Nitric Oxide Booster He Takes
“The study is solely a marketing gimmick to say that Nitrolis participants showed a mean 226% increase in nitric oxide levels, which it absolutely does not.”
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“You cannot get that amount from a pill. So any supplement company who's trying to sell you a pill that's a nitric oxide booster is just stealing your money.”
Doctor Reveals the Nitric Oxide Booster He Takes
