Posts

Showing posts with the label beet juice

Got Beetjuice?

Image
I don't like the taste of milk but I do admire the marketing ability of milk producers. The Got Milk? campaign is a good one. I can't see the same thing being done for beet juice though. Having a foamy red mustache would look more like an advertisement for one of those vampire shows like HBO's True Blood . What brings this up is recent research by a group over in England at University of Exeter . It seems that beetroot juice leads to an enhanced ability to exercise . They claim that it boosts your stamina and could help you exercise for up to 16% longer by reducing oxygen uptake. What's the downside, you ask? Well, the treatment isn't topical, it's internal. Yes, you have to drink the beet juice. Ickkers! Maybe this is a British thing. Eat mutton and drink beet roots. Cover everything with mashed potatoes and hope for the best. Shepard's pie and beet juice. What could be better? Here's the central core of the research study: The research team conducted...