other · for chronic inflammation
Beetroot (Dietary Nitrate)
Meant to calm inflammation through the compound that relaxes blood vessels.
Say that in clinical terms
Proposed to reduce inflammation via nitric-oxide-mediated suppression of endothelial adhesion molecule expression, based on cell and animal data.
How strong is the research?
No Benefit evidence
A week of beetroot juice changed none of the inflammation markers measured.
Low-quality evidence
1 paper read, 1 against.
Tested as: nitrate-rich beetroot juice providing ~300-400 mg nitrate/day for 1 week, versus nitrate-depleted beetroot juice placebo
How much to take
300–400 mg