This Is What Will Happen if You Eat Beetroot Every Day

 
Beetroot has been receiving accolades recently as a superfood, with many health professionals encouraging people from all walks of life to “eat the beet.” And it makes sense. Beetroot is a plant, and gains its nutrients naturally from the earth — something that in itself will bring with it some pretty powerful stuff.

 But, what if you incorporate this vegetable into your everyday diet? Will you become superhuman? Maybe … maybe not. Even so, some pretty super things could very well happen to your body to help it work better than it has before. Here are some of those things:

1. Your athletic performance will improve

OK, so, while you may not be scaling buildings, picking up cars or flying your body over major cities, if you consume beetroot on the daily, research has found that you will have improved athletic performance.


In fact, a study was published in “Nutrients — Open Access Journal of Human Nutrition” where researchers sought to find the effects of beetroot juice supplementation in the cardio endurance in athletes. In the study, beetroot juice was used as a daily supplement, and the results found that chronic supplementation with beetroot juice may improve cardio performance at the anaerobic threshold and VO2max intensities.
It was further noted that the juice should be taken within 90 min before athletic effort to ensure that the juice works at its peak level which happens within 2–3 h after ingestion.

2. You’ll have more energy

So, it should be a given that if you are able to perform better athletically after consuming this red rooted vegetable, that you would also have higher energy levels. While this is pretty much the case, it is nice to have scientific evidence to back the claim up.

 Research findings published in The Telegraph fund that individuals who drink beetroot juice doubled the amount of nitrate in their blood.This increase in nitrate reduced the rate muscles used their main source of energy. Beetroot juice also helped muscles work more efficiently by lowering the oxygen uptake of those muscles. This result was found during both low-intensity and high-intensity exercise.

3. You’ll have a healthier body weight

Something that goes right along with more energy and the ability to perform athletically, is a healthier body weight. Not to mention the fact that if you’re willing to eat beetroot or chug the juice, chances are your other choices in food intake are probably on the healthier side.
 Sufficeth to say, if you consume beetroot daily, your body weight will see positive (as in good) changes. Source: foodprevent