Deans' stroke musings: Absence of an effect of high nitrate intake from beetroot juice on blood pressure in treated hypertensive individuals: a randomized controlled trial

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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Absence of an effect of high nitrate intake from beetroot juice on blood pressure in treated hypertensive individuals: a randomized controlled trial

Ok, a one week trial with beetroot juice doesn't reduce blood pressure. The simple next question which will never be answered; What time period of beetroot intervention is needed to reduce blood pressure? Don't you ever follow questions to their conclusion?
Almost 3 years old and I bet there has been NO followup.
It seems NO ONE CARES about solving anything that might help stroke survivors.
Our fucking failures of stroke associations don't care. Your doctor doesn't care. Your stroke hospital doesn't care.
https://www.mdlinx.com/internal-medicine/medical-news-article/2015/07/03/beetroot-blood-pressure-nitrate-nitric-oxide/6218974/?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition — | July 03, 2015

Bondonno CP, et al. – In this study, the authors assessed whether increased dietary nitrate intake by using beetroot juice for 1 wk lowers blood pressure in treated hypertensive men and women. An increase in dietary nitrate intake may not be an effective short–term approach to further lower blood pressure in treated hypertensive subjects.

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Methods

Participants (n = 27) were recruited to a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind crossover trial. The effect of 1-wk intake of nitrate-rich beetroot juice was compared with 1-wk intake of nitrate-depleted beetroot juice (placebo).
The primary outcome was blood pressure assessed by measuring home blood pressure during the intervention and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure on day 7 of the intervention.
Other outcomes included nitrate metabolism assessed by measuring nitrate and nitrite in plasma, saliva, and urine.

Results

Relative to the placebo, 1-wk intake of nitrate-rich beetroot juice resulted in a 3-fold increase in plasma nitrite and nitrate, a 7-fold increase in salivary nitrite, an 8-fold higher salivary nitrate, and a 4-fold increase in both urinary nitrite and nitrate (P < 0.001).
However, no differences in home blood pressure and 24-h ambulatory blood pressure were observed with 1-wk intake of nitrate-rich beetroot juice in comparison with the placebo.

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