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Beetroot (again)

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Tall Paul

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I came across a paper (abstract only) by Engan, Jones, Ehrenberg and Schagatay (in press) that claimed that taking a dose of concentrated beetroot juice before static apnea extended times by about 10%. The abstract is here:

ScienceDirect.com - Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology - Acute dietary nitrate supplementation improves dry static apnea performance

This will be worth a look once the full text is available. It may be old hat to some, but rather than adding to this thread:

http://forums.deeperblue.com/general-freediving/64621-beetroot.html,

which went nowhere (possibly because it was in the wrong part of the forum), I thought I'd start afresh. I'm sure the original poster (Simon) was referring to the same work.

I wonder whether we'll have to split the STA discipline into static, no limits (SNL) and static, no beetroot (SNB)?

Paul.
 
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Just read this.

I'm going to blend about 1 kg of beetroot before i dive next. Every little helps!
 
I recommend trying it on land, or with careful safety. It does reduce your BP, meaning greater chance of BO. I have tried it.
 
It cures AIDS according to ex South African health ministers. I can't stomach the stuff so it's condoms and shorter statics for me.
 
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