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  1. Out of the Lab Onto the Track Out of the Lab Onto the Track February 16, 2012

    Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover studies convinced the scientific establishment that nitrate-rich vegetables such as beets could noticeably improve athletic performance.

  2. Don’t Use Antiseptic Mouthwash Don’t Use Antiseptic Mouthwash February 15, 2012

    The natural flora on our tongue (lingual bacteria) is essential for the athletic performance-enhancing effect of the nitrates in vegetables such as beetroot.

  3. Priming the Proton Pump Priming the Proton Pump February 14, 2012

    To understand how beets could reduce the oxygen cost of exercise while improving athletic performance, one must review the biochemistry of energy production (ATP synthase) and the body’s conversion of nitrates to nitrites into nitric oxide.

  4. Mitochondrial Theory of Aging Mitochondrial Theory of Aging May 31, 2011

    The role of the detoxifying enzyme superoxide dismutase in staving off aging, cancer, and dementia and what we can do to boost its activity.

  5. How to Upregulate Metabolism How to Upregulate Metabolism December 16, 2010

    A biochemical clue as to why vegetarians tend to be significantly slimmer than the rest of the population.