What is the latest science on the performance-enhancing qualities of nitrate-rich vegetables?

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17-part video series? My videos were much shorter back then, but still! Here you go if you want to put the whole discovery in context and get the detailed mechanism:
• Doping With Beet Juice (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/doping-with-beet-juice/)
• Priming the Proton Pump (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/priming-the-proton-pump/)
• Don’t Use Antiseptic Mouthwash (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dont-use-antiseptic-mouthwash/)
• Out of the Lab Onto the Track (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/out-of-the-lab-onto-the-track/)
• Asparagus Pee (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/asparagus-pee/)
• Pretty in Pee-nk (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/pretty-in-pee-nk/)
• Vegetables Rate by Nitrate (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/vegetables-rate-by-nitrate/)
• Is Bacon Good or Is Spinach Bad? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-bacon-good-or-is-spinach-bad/)
When Nitrites Go Bad (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/when-nitrites-go-bad/)
• Hearts Shouldn’t Skip a Beet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/hearts-shouldnt-skip-a-beet/)
• Bacon and Botulism (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/bacon-and-botulism/)
• Are Nitrates Pollutants or Nutrients? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-nitrates-pollutants-or-nutrients/)
• Prevention Is Better Than Cured Meat (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/prevention-is-better-than-cured-meat/)
• Carcinogens in the Smell of Frying Bacon (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/carcinogens-in-the-smell-of-frying-bacon/http://nutritionfacts.org/video/carcinogens-in-the-smell-of-frying-bacon/)
• Vitamin C-Enriched Bacon (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/vitamin-c-enriched-bacon/)
• So Should We Drink Beet Juice or Not? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/so-should-we-drink-beet-juice-or-not/)

Wait, that’s only 16. I think at the time I was also including Meat Additives to Diminish Toxicity (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/meat-additives-to-diminish-toxicity/).

How else can we support athletic performance? See:
• Reducing Muscle Fatigue with Citrus (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/reducing-muscle-fatigue-with-citrus/)
• Reducing Muscle Soreness with Berries (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/reducing-muscle-soreness-with-berries/)
• Preventing Exercise-Induced Oxidative Stress With Watercress (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-exercise-induced-oxidative-stress-with-watercress/)

On the other hand, Paleo Diets May Negate Benefits of Exercise (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Paleo-Diets-May-Negate-Benefits-of-Exercise).

It’s great that we can improve athletic performance eating a few beets, but what about people who could really benefit from a more efficient use of oxygen? That’s the subject of my next video, Oxygenating Blood With Nitrate-Rich Vegetables (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/oxygenating-blood-with-nitrate-rich-vegetables)

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/whole-beets-vs-juice-for-improving-athletic-performance and he'll try to answer it!

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