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Beetroot for bone strength

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A diet with relatively many sources of natural nitrate, such as beetroot, arugula, lettuce and spinach, increases the concentration of nitric oxide [NOx] in the blood. Athletes are now fully aware that such a diet can improve physical performance. A nitrate-rich diet may also keep bones strong as the years go by, suggests Japanese research. In February 2023, Japanese researchers published an epidemiological study involving 871 women. The researchers used data collected since 1993 in the Nagano Cohort Study. The average study participant was about 67 years old when the project started and could be followed for almost 9 years. When the study began, the researchers took samples of the women's urine and blood. In the course of the study, 267 women broke a bone. Results The more NOx was present in the women's blood, the lower their risk of a bone fracture. Mechanism The more NOx was present in the women's blood, the less type I collagen cross-linked N-telopeptides [NTx] was in t...

Q10 supplementation makes explosive movements a little faster

You can boost your speed by taking 100 mg of the co-enzyme  Q10  every day. To be more precise: your ability to perform fast and explosive movements in quick succession will increase slightly, according to a human study done by Turkish sports scientists at Selcuk University and  published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. You can boost your speed by taking 100 mg of the co-enzyme  Q10  every day. To be more precise: your ability to perform fast and explosive movements in quick succession will increase slightly, according to a human study done by Turkish sports scientists at Selcuk University and  published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. The results of these studies are mixed. Many show no effect, some show a little effect.  A 2008 study  showed that if you get people to cycle to the point of exhaustion Q10 supplementation will improve their endurance capacity a little. Endurance athletes who have been tra...

Multivitamin pill helps children think more accurately

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If children take a daily supplement containing extra vitamins and minerals, their brains work in a more focused way. In psychological tests the children make fewer mistakes, researchers at Northumbria University concluded from an experiment involving eighty children between eight and fourteen. Study The researchers gave their test subjects two Pharmaton Kiddi chew tablets daily for twelve weeks. The children took their tablets in the morning with their breakfast. The table below shows what the tablets contain. Soon after the children started taking the vitamins the researchers got them to do computer tests. The last test took place on the final day of the experiment, but the children were also tested a few times during the course of the experiment. Results The most consistent – in fact the only consistent – effect that the researchers discovered was for a test in which an arrow pointing left or right appeared on the computer screen. If it pointed to the left, the children had to click ...