NCT05820321

Effects of Dietary Nitrate Intake on Physical Performance of Middle-aged Women

Effects of Dietary Nitrate Intake on Physical Performance of Middle-aged Women: a Randomized Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 50 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Through a randomized, crossover, triple-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial, 15 physically inactive hypertensive women will participate a 8-day trial, each with two intervention protocols: 1) placebo and 2) beetroot; in which will ingest beet juice with or without NO3 in its composition with a 8-day washout interval.

Conditions

• Postmenopausal; Menorrhagia
• Physical Inactivity
• Motor Activity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Beetroot juice rich in nitrate	The participant will intake beetroot juice rich in NO3 (400mg) during 8-days. On the eighth day of the intervention, 2 hours after intake the last bottle of juice, the participants will return to the laboratory for the performance tests evaluation. Before crossover protocol a 7-day washout interval will be given for the purification of the compounds provided by the protocols.
OTHER	Beetroot juice NO3 depleted	The participant will intake beetroot juice depleted in NO3. On the eighth day of the intervention, 2 hours after intake the last bottle of juice, the participants will to the laboratory for the performance tests evaluation. Before crossover protocol a 7-day washout interval will be given for the purification of the compounds provided by the protocols.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-07-01
• Primary completion: 2023-08-20
• Completion: 2023-12-31
• First posted: 2023-04-19
• Last updated: 2023-06-13

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Brazil