Clinical Study

Effects of Dietary Nitrates on Systemic and Cerebrovascular Hemodynamics

Figure 1

Effects of beetroot juice treatment on middle cerebral arterial blood flow velocity. Bars represent means ± standard errors for middle cerebral artery mean blood flow velocity, expressed in cm·s−1. The study subjects were 12 healthy, normotensive young adult African-American females. Left panel: placebo control orange juice treatment. Right panel: beetroot juice treatment. *Difference between control and beetroot juice treatments statistically significant at .
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