Beets

Improvement of hypertension, endothelial function and systemic inflammation following short-term supplementation with red beet (Beta vulgaris L.) juice: a randomized crossover pilot study

J Hum Hypertens. 2016 Oct;30(10):627-32. doi: 10.1038/jhh.2016.34. Epub 2016 Jun 9. S Asgary PMID: 27278926 DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2016.34 Abstract Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and has a prevalence of about one billion people worldwide. It has been shown that adherence to a diet rich in fruits and vegetables helps in decreasing blood […]

Beet Juice Aids BP, Aerobic Endurance With Heart Failure

Daily dosing versus single, acute dose may be more effective FRIDAY, Feb. 12, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Beetroot juice (BRJ) improves submaximal aerobic endurance and blood pressure in elderly patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF), according to a small study published online Feb. 10 in JACC: Heart Failure. Joel Eggebeen, from the […]

Beetroot Juice May Help Lower Blood Pressure

Daily consumption of the juice significantly lowered blood pressure in hypertensive patients Feb. 16, 2015 5:04 p.m. ET Daily consumption of beetroot juice for four weeks significantly lowered blood pressure in hypertensive patients compared with a placebo juice, according to a report in the February issue of Hypertension. Beetroot juice also helped to relax arteries […]

Is Beet Juice Really a Performance-Enhancing “Drug”? Digging In…

Written by Tim Ferriss The following is a guest post by Mark McClusky, the editor of Wired.com and founding editor of Wired Playbook. Previously, he was a reporter at Sports Illustrated and a member of the baseball analytics collective, Baseball Prospectus. Can “juicing” for performance enhancement sometimes involve juice alone?  Beet juice, spinach, celery, or chard, perhaps?  In this post, we look […]

HEY DOC! MY DOCTOR TOLD ME I HAVE GALLSTONES AND HE WANTS ME TO HAVE MY GALLBLADDER REMOVED

ACA Journal of Nutrition Donald F. Feeney DC, DACBN, CCN There are over one million gallbladder surgeries a year and out of total ignorance the patients believe what they are told, “The gallbladder isn’t needed anyway”.  This could be no further from the truth. You must have a gallbladder to digest fats.  The gallbladder stores bile, […]