Eating Greens Ups Sports Performance

Eating nitrate-rich vegetables like spinach may enhance performance in sports, particularly in low oxygen conditions such as high altitudes, a new study has claimed. Researchers carried out the study with twenty seven participants. They were given nitrate supplements ahead of Sprint Interval Training (SIT), which involved intense cycling sessions three times a week. The study included workouts in normal oxygen conditions and in hypoxia conditions, which are low oxygen levels. The researchers observed that after only five weeks, the muscle fiber composition changed with the enhanced nitrate intake when training in low oxygen conditions.