A toast to health and performance! Beetroot juice lowers blood pressure and the O2 cost of exercise.

@article{Ferreira2011ATT,
  title={A toast to health and performance! Beetroot juice lowers blood pressure and the O2 cost of exercise.},
  author={Leonardo F. Ferreira and Bradley J Behnke},
  journal={Journal of applied physiology},
  year={2011},
  volume={110 3},
  pages={
          585-6
        }
}
the pioneering work of scientists such as A. V. Hill ([7][1]) and August Krogh ([10][2]), investigating the dynamics of O2 uptake during exercise, challenged our understanding of bioenergetics and energy homeostasis. Applied physiologists continue to advance our knowledge of altered energy transfer 
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