Effect of Acute Dietary Nitrate Supplementation on the Venous Vascular Response to Static Exercise in Healthy Young Adults.
Nutrients
; 14(21)2022 Oct 24.
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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that acute intake of inorganic nitrate (NO3−) via supplementation would attenuate the venoconstriction and pressor response to exercise. Sixteen healthy young adults were assigned in a randomized crossover design to receive beetroot juice (BRJ) or an NO3−-depleted control beverage (prune juice CON). Two hours after consuming the allocated beverage, participants rested in the supine position. Following the baseline period of 4 min, static handgrip exercise of the left hand was performed at 30% of the maximal voluntary contraction for 2 min. Mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) were measured. Changes in venous volume in the right forearm and right calf were also measured using venous occlusion plethysmography while cuffs on the upper arm and thigh were inflated constantly to 30−40 mmHg. The plasma NO3− concentration was elevated with BRJ intake (p < 0.05). Exercise increased MAP and HR and decreased venous volume in the forearm and calf, but there were no differences between CON and BRJ. Thus, these findings suggest that acute BRJ intake does not alter the sympathetic venoconstriction in the non-exercising limbs and MAP response to exercise in healthy young adults, despite the enhanced activity of nitric oxide.
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Beta vulgaris
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Nitratos
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Clinical_trials
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Adult
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Humans
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2022
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