甜菜根汁的紫色奇迹：运动与健康的科学证据

Purple patch Some marathon runners and other athletes swear by beetroot juice shots, but is there evidence they really do anything for our bodies? Alice Klein investigates MY FRIEND Lizzie, a very athletic doctor, recently showed me some concentrated beetroot shots she was planning to take before an upcoming marathon. I never run anywhere, but she let me try one anyway. I could only manage slow sips of the intensely beetroot- tasting purple liquid, but she assured me it has a raft of benefits for athletes and non-athletes alike. I decided to look into it. Most beetroot research, I discovered, has been led by Andy Jones, an exercise physiologist at the University of Exeter, UK. …