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Snippit is made possible by listeners like you. Please help support the podcast: ► https://www.patreon.com/snippitscience    Effects of beetroot juice supplementation on intermittent high-intensity exercise efforts   Raúl Domínguez (rdomiher@uax.es) José Luis Maté-Muñoz Eduardo Cuenca Pablo García-Fernández Fernando Mata-Ordoñez María Carmen Lozano-Estevan Pablo Veiga-Herreros Sandro Fernandes da Silva Manuel Vicente Garnacho-Castaño   Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 2018 15:2 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12970-017-0204-9 © The Author(s). 2018 Received: 6 June 2017 Accepted: 7 December 2017 Published: 5 January 2018   Abstract   Beetroot juice contains high levels of inorganic nitrate (NO3−) and its intake has proved effective at increasing blood nitric oxide (NO) concentrations. Given the effects of NO in promoting vasodilation and blood flow with beneficial impacts on muscle contraction, several studies have detected an ergogenic effect of beetroot juice supplementation on exercise e