TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of beetroot containing bread on arterial stiffness and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease
AU - Hobbs, Ditte
AU - George, Trevor
AU - Methven, Lisa
AU - Lovegrove, Julie
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - Despite initiatives to increase consumption, current fruit and vegetable intake is below recommendations. Novel interventions to increase consumption are therefore of considerable interest. Cardio-protective effects of beetroot have been attributed to its high nitrate content. Following ingestion, nitrate is reduced to nitrite by oral bacteria, and further to vasodilator nitric oxide (NOx) endogenously. To test the hypothesis that nitrate-rich beetroot containing bread improves arterial stiffness and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) a single-blind, randomised, controlled crossover, postprandial study was performed in twenty-four healthy men (mean age 32 (sd 9) years and body mass index 23.3 (sd 2) kg/m2).
AB - Despite initiatives to increase consumption, current fruit and vegetable intake is below recommendations. Novel interventions to increase consumption are therefore of considerable interest. Cardio-protective effects of beetroot have been attributed to its high nitrate content. Following ingestion, nitrate is reduced to nitrite by oral bacteria, and further to vasodilator nitric oxide (NOx) endogenously. To test the hypothesis that nitrate-rich beetroot containing bread improves arterial stiffness and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) a single-blind, randomised, controlled crossover, postprandial study was performed in twenty-four healthy men (mean age 32 (sd 9) years and body mass index 23.3 (sd 2) kg/m2).
U2 - 10.1017/S0029665112000894
DO - 10.1017/S0029665112000894
M3 - Article
VL - 71
SP - E32
JO - Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
JF - Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
SN - 0029-6651
IS - OCE2
ER -
