NCT06045845

Effects of Beet Juice and Diet in Female Rowers

The Effects of Beetroot Supplementation and Habitual Dietary Nitrate Intake on Exercise Performance in Collegiate Female Rowing Athletes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Kansas Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of nitrate-rich beetroot juice supplementation on exercise performance in female rowers when accounting for habitual vegetable nitrate consumption.

Detailed description

The objective is to use a stratified block randomization, double-blind crossover trial to test rowing ergometer exercise performance after drinking a beetroot juice supplement and compare it to the same test after consuming a placebo (a nitrate-free version of the beetroot juice supplement) in a convenience sample of athletes from a single Division 1-A collegiate women's rowing team. Before testing, the participants' habitual vegetable nitrate consumption will be assessed from their report of foods consumed in the past 24 hours. Estimates of dietary nitrate intake will be calculated from the quantity of vegetables consumed and used to determine whether dietary nitrate intake influences the efficacy of the beetroot juice supplement.

Conditions

• Dietary Habits
• Nitrates
• Exercise

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Beet Juice	70 milliliter (70mL) standard Beet Juice (Beet It Sport Shot) consumed 2.5 hours before exercise test
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo	70mL placebo Beet Juice (Beet It Sport Shot with nitrate removed) consumed 2.5 hours before exercise test

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-10-03
• Primary completion: 2023-11-17
• Completion: 2023-12-31
• First posted: 2023-09-21
• Last updated: 2024-02-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States