Beetroot juice 'boosts stamina'

Jawgap

Here's the story -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8186947.stm

Should be easy enough to test riders for it.

Lumen

Would be interesting to test, but 500ml a day could get pricey at retail.

Have contacted this crowd and the Irish distributor about wholesale volumes. :pac:

stuf

Jawgap wrote: »

Should be easy enough to test riders for it.

yep - simple urine test - if it's pink you're a beetroot doping scumbag

Jumpy

I can imagine a bunch of people blending up a jar of the stuff, then promptly puking from the vinegar.
I assume they mean fresh

LDB

Anyone ever tasted this stuff? I can imagine it would be hard to stomach ... yack!

Jawgap

LDB wrote: »

Anyone ever tasted this stuff? I can imagine it would be hard to stomach ... yack!

Never tasted it, but I'm a sucker for the latest gimmick so I'll be out to the healthfood shop at lucnh tme to procure a bottle.

I suspect 500ml per day will be unstomachable!

LDB

Jawgap wrote: »

Never tasted it, but I'm a sucker for the latest gimmick so I'll be out to the healthfood shop at lucnh tme to procure a bottle.

I suspect 500ml per day will be unstomachable!

Let us know how you get on!

kenmc

I've had beetroot juice before in Bangkok, it's lovely actually, very refreshing. Think there may have been beetroot and carrot or something like that also.
Fresh beetroot is lovely - my granny used give me some sliced up on batch bread in a sandwich with black pepper. Nyom.

blinding

Jeez I wish I had large stocks of beetroot juice.
I would make a fortune.

How long does it take to grow a beetroot suitable for juicing. This could be my ticket out of recession.

rottenhat

kenmc wrote: »

Fresh beetroot is lovely - my granny used give me some sliced up on batch bread in a sandwich with black pepper. Nyom.

Or sliced in a salad is good, or roasted...quite an underrated vegetable in this country, I think.

Jawgap

kenmc wrote: »

I've had beetroot juice before in Bangkok, it's lovely actually, very refreshing. Think there may have been beetroot and carrot or something like that also.
Fresh beetroot is lovely - my granny used give me some sliced up on batch bread in a sandwich with black pepper. Nyom.

I like my beetroot too - in salads, with tuna in brown bread, egg & beetroot sangers etc - loveley with steak.

I reckon after 500 mils of the stuff my next posting will be from the jacks!!:)

kenmc

Yeah in NZ it's very easy to get it, and it roasts beautifully, deliciously sweet. You can get fresh beetroots from some of the moore-st stalls. The other veg I really liked in NZ was Oca, have never seem them here either, they were lovely too.

TinyExplosions

I think it's cos we mostly see the pickled crap here -fresh is a very tasty (if messy) root vegetable!

Fallon & Byrne tend to have it

MadHatter

Have some beetroot growing down the end of the garden. Nearly time to dig it up. I've no juicer though so I'll just have to eat it!

Agree it's quite tasty, can't stand the stuff in jars, but when fresh it's nice.

emtroche

In oz they put beetroot on their burgers!

ROK ON

This is pure horse manure. I have beetroot in my sandwiches about twice a week. Its my fave veg - but I have appauling stamina (ask my wife).



Best burger I have ever had was in OZ. Qtr Punder with bacon, cheese, fried egg, pineapple and beetroot. Every once in a while I promise myself that I will eat a burger like that again.

Blowfish

BBC wrote:

After drinking beetroot juice the group was able to cycle for an average of 11.25 minutes - 92 seconds longer than when they were given the placebo

o.0 Not exactly a particularly fit test group.

kenmc

ROK ON wrote: »

This is pure horse manure. I have beetroot in my sandwiches about twice a week. Its my fave veg - but I have appauling stamina (ask my wife).



Best burger I have ever had was in OZ. Qtr Punder with bacon, cheese, fried egg, pineapple and beetroot. Every once in a while I promise myself that I will eat a burger like that again.

Best burger is in Queenstown, NZ, in Fergburger. MMMMmmmm.

Nietzschean

ROK ON wrote: »

Best burger I have ever had was in OZ. Qtr Punder with bacon, cheese, fried egg, pineapple and beetroot. Every once in a while I promise myself that I will eat a burger like that again.

have those every year when i go ski'n, Aussie place in ski resort...bit random but awesome burger

Jawgap

Blowfish wrote: »

o.0 Not exactly a particularly fit test group.

Depends on what resistance the exercise bikes were set to!!!!

As for burgers, best one ever for me was in Cape Girardeau in Missouri while travelling in the US - juicy beef, loads of mustard and some very nice pickles!!

blinding

I wonder is there some terrible side effects to be uncovered that will completely turn us against beetroot.

Sorry for being a pessimist but with food/health stories there can often be a sting in the tail.

Raam

emtroche wrote: »

In oz they put beetroot on their burgers!

Yeah I still don't understand that one. When your man in the take-away in Katoomba asked if I wanted a slice of beetroot in my burger, I thought he was weird. When I said "no way", he thought I was weird. Bloody weirdos.

emtroche

I got used to the shredded carrot but i couldnt do the beetroot. Or the fried egg!

ROK ON

Katoomba - is that North of Cairns in the jungle, near the Barron river. I think it might be the place where I had that awesome burger.

emtroche

ROK ON wrote: »

Katoomba - is that North of Cairns in the jungle, near the Barron river. I think it might be the place where I had that awesome burger.

Thats kuranda.

Raam

ROK ON wrote: »

Katoomba - is that North of Cairns in the jungle, near the Barron river. I think it might be the place where I had that awesome burger.

Blue Mountains outside Sydney.

jwshooter

ray darcy and crew had some this morning ,they reckoned it was awful stuff.

if your fit and in goodish shape will gels and energy drinks really make a big difference to you performance.
is it in our minds .
it would make a interesting test to spend a few weeks drinking water only on spins and a few weeks on gels and energy drinks.

Chips Lovell

jwshooter wrote: »

if your fit and in goodish shape will gels and energy drinks really make a big difference to you performance.
is it in our minds .

No. On longer spins you need to nourish yourself. They'll do that.

ROK ON

el tonto wrote: »

No. On longer spins you need to nourish yourself. They'll do that.

Correct. Also on long spins with water I get cramp. With Zym, Nuun or salt In my drink I don't. Simple as that really.

Lumen

el tonto wrote: »

No. On longer spins you need to nourish yourself. They'll do that.

As will hang sangwiches, bananas, cake etc.

But jelly snakes are the true kings of on-bike nutrition.

Lumen

Holy jesus that stuff tastes bad.

It's OK whilst you're glugging it, and then WHAM! I almost puked 5 minutes later just from the memory.

I'm hoping that the Jeffrey Steingarten approach to revolting food works, or this is going to be a short experiment.

This calls into question the double-blindedness of the trial. There is absolutely no way that the blackcurrant placebo and this revolting crap have the same psychological effect.

Jawgap

Bought a litre in Belfast at the weekend and tried it - not the whole litre!!!

Drank about 250 mls -



anyone want to buy 750 mls of beetroot juice!!!

It's alright but I can't see myself glugging 500 mls of the stuff a day in the vain hope I'll somehow mutate into a climbing machine!! Might try some with vodka next weekend and see if that improves it.

As for on the bike snacks - gummy bears, fig rolls and home made granola balls!

TinyExplosions

Lumen wrote: »

Holy jesus that stuff tastes bad.

Did you find it ready juiced int he end, or did you have to go down the 'self-service' root? Got to say I admire your dedication to eking out every last % of performance!

Chips Lovell

Lumen wrote: »

But jelly snakes are the true kings of on-bike nutrition.

They give me heartburn

Lumen

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Did you find it ready juiced int he end, or did you have to go down the 'self-service' root?

Manged to find 4 750ml bottles in a couple of health food shops, enough for six days.

If nothing else, this week will prove whether it's possible to become accustomed to the taste of half a pint of beetroot juice twice a day.

Jawgap

Lumen wrote: »

Manged to find 4 750ml bottles in a couple of health food shops, enough for six days.

If nothing else, this week will prove whether it's possible to become accustomed to the taste of half a pint of beetroot juice twice a day.

Good luck......let us know how much you consume before your urine goes pink!!!