Dietary nitrate supplementation reduces the O2 cost of walking and running: a placebo-controlled study
Dietary nitrate supplementation reduces the O2 cost of walking and running: a placebo-controlled study
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DOI:
10.1152/japplphysiol.01070.2010
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发表时间:
2011-03-01
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3.3
通讯作者:
Jones, Andrew M.
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Lansley, Katherine E.;Winyard, Paul G.;Jones, Andrew M.
Lansley KE, Winyard PG, Fulford J, Vanhatalo A, Bailey SJ, Blackwell JR, DiMenna FJ, Gilchrist M, Benjamin N, Jones AM. Dietary nitrate supplementation reduces the O-2 cost of walking and running: a placebo-controlled study. J Appl Physiol 110:591-600, 2011. First published November 11, 2010; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01070.2010.-Dietary supplementation with beetroot juice (BR) has been shown to reduce resting blood pressure and the O-2 cost of submaximal exercise and to increase tolerance to high-intensity cycling. We tested the hypothesis that the physiological effects of BR were consequent to its high NO3- content per se, and not the presence of other potentially bioactive compounds. We investigated changes in blood pressure, mitochondrial oxidative capacity (Q(max)), and physiological responses to walking and moderate-and severe-intensity running following dietary supplementation with BR and NO3--depleted BR [placebo (PL)]. After control (nonsupplemented) tests, nine healthy, physically active male subjects were assigned in a randomized, double-blind, crossover design to receive BR (0.5 l/day, containing similar to 6.2 mmol of NO3-) and PL (0.5 l/day, containing similar to 0.003 mmol of NO3-) for 6 days. Subjects completed treadmill exercise tests on days 4 and 5 and knee-extension exercise tests for estimation of Q(max) (using P-31-magnetic resonance spectroscopy) on day 6 of the supplementation periods. Relative to PL, BR elevated plasma NO2- concentration (183 +/- 119 vs. 373 +/- 211 nM, P < 0.05) and reduced systolic blood pressure (129 +/- 9 vs. 124 +/- 10 mmHg, P < 0.01). Q(max) was not different between PL and BR (0.93 +/- 0.05 and 1.05 +/- 0.22 mM/s, respectively). The O-2 cost of walking (0.87 +/- 0.12 and 0.70 +/- 0.10 l/min in PL and BR, respectively, P < 0.01), moderate-intensity running (2.26 +/- 0.27 and 2.10 +/- 0.28 l/min in PL and BR, respectively, P < 0.01), and severe-intensity running (end-exercise O-2 uptake = 3.77 +/- 0.57 and 3.50 +/- 0.62 l/min in PL and BL, respectively, P < 0.01) was reduced by BR, and time to exhaustion during severe-intensity running was increased by 15% (7.6 +/- 1.5 and 8.7 +/- 1.8 min in PL and BR, respectively, P < 0.01). In contrast, relative to control, PL supplementation did not alter plasma NO2- concentration, blood pressure, or the physiological responses to exercise. These results indicate that the positive effects of 6 days of BR supplementation on the physiological responses to exercise can be ascribed to the high NO3- content per se.