Peter Attia· MD
A recent systematic review and meta-analysis by Dr. Andrew Coggan and colleagues has added credibility to this claim, reporting an increase in muscle power by 5% with nitrate supplementation.
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The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
A recent systematic review and meta-analysis by Dr. Andrew Coggan and colleagues has added credibility to this claim, reporting an increase in muscle power by 5% with nitrate supplementation.
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so nitrates um and nitrites um do appear to enhance exercise performance so like um you know beetroot juice and those sorts of things and sources of nitrit so um there was a recent meta analyses looking at this and the effect size was actually pretty impressive for power it was like 5% or something it was huge wasn't it
really impressive 5% which I mean like that's the difference between first and last if you're talking about the Olympics you know um and the effect size was a042 which isn't considered a large effect size but it's approaching a modest effect size which for supplements is really impressive
So D nitrates um and nitrites um do appear to enhance exercise performance So like um you know beatroot juice and those sorts of things and sources of nitrit so um there was a recent analyses looking at this and the effect size was actually pretty impressive for power it was like 5% or something it was huge wasn't it yeah yeah yeah yeah really impressive 5%