Is There a Role of Beetroot Consumption on the Recovery of Oxidative Status and Muscle Damage in Ultra-Endurance Runners?

Vilar, Eva; Collado-Boira, Eladio; Guerrero, Carlos; Folch-Ayora, Ana; Salas-Medina, Pablo; Hernando, Carlos; Baliño, Pablo; Muriach, María

doi:10.3390/nu16050583

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Is There a Role of Beetroot Consumption on the Recovery of Oxidative Status and Muscle Damage in Ultra-Endurance Runners?

by

Eva Vilar

^1,†

,

Eladio Collado-Boira

^2,†

,

Carlos Guerrero

³,

Ana Folch-Ayora

²

,

Pablo Salas-Medina

²,

Carlos Hernando

⁴

,

Pablo Baliño

^3,* and

María Muriach

^3,*

¹

Hospital de La Plana, Vila-Real, 12540 Castellon, Spain

²

Unidad Predepartamental de Enfermeria, Jaume I University, 12071 Castellon, Spain

³

Unitat Predepartamental de Medicina, Jaume I University, 12071 Castellón, Spain

⁴

Department of Education and Specific Didactics, Sport Service, Jaume I University, 12071 Castellon, Spain

^*

Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.

^†

These authors contributed equally to this work.

Nutrients 2024, 16(5), 583; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16050583

Submission received: 3 February 2024 / Revised: 10 February 2024 / Accepted: 16 February 2024 / Published: 21 February 2024

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Antioxidants in Metabolic Recovery after Intense Exercise)

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(1) Background: Ultra-endurance exercise involves a high physical impact, resulting in muscle damage, inflammatory response and production of free radicals that alter the body’s oxidative state. Supplementation with antioxidants, such as beetroot, may improve recovery in ultra-endurance runners. The aim of this study was to determine whether there is a correlation between beetroot intake and recovery of serum oxidative status, inflammatory response and muscle damage parameters after an ultra-endurance race. (2) Methods: An observational and longitudinal study was conducted by means of surveys and blood samples collected from 32 runners during the IX Penyagolosa Trails CSP^®® race and the two following days. The variables C-reactive protein (CRP), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), creatine kinase (CK), the activity of the antioxidant enzymes glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and glutathione reductase (GR) as well as the oxidative damage markers malondialdehyde (MDA), carbonyl groups (CG) and loss of muscle strength using the squat jump (SJ) test were analyzed to discriminate whether beetroot consumption can modulate the recovery of ultra-trail runners. (3) Results: Significant differences were observed between runners who ingested beetroot and those who did not, in terms of oxidative status, specifically in serum GPx activity at 24 and 48 h, muscle damage variables CK and LDH and regarding the SJ test results at the finish line. Therefore, the intake of supplements containing beetroot positively influences the recovery of serum oxidative status and muscle damage after ultra-endurance running.

Keywords: oxidative stress; ultra-endurance sport; antioxidants; muscle damage

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Vilar, E.; Collado-Boira, E.; Guerrero, C.; Folch-Ayora, A.; Salas-Medina, P.; Hernando, C.; Baliño, P.; Muriach, M. Is There a Role of Beetroot Consumption on the Recovery of Oxidative Status and Muscle Damage in Ultra-Endurance Runners? Nutrients 2024, 16, 583. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16050583

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Vilar E, Collado-Boira E, Guerrero C, Folch-Ayora A, Salas-Medina P, Hernando C, Baliño P, Muriach M. Is There a Role of Beetroot Consumption on the Recovery of Oxidative Status and Muscle Damage in Ultra-Endurance Runners? Nutrients. 2024; 16(5):583. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16050583

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Vilar, Eva, Eladio Collado-Boira, Carlos Guerrero, Ana Folch-Ayora, Pablo Salas-Medina, Carlos Hernando, Pablo Baliño, and María Muriach. 2024. "Is There a Role of Beetroot Consumption on the Recovery of Oxidative Status and Muscle Damage in Ultra-Endurance Runners?" Nutrients 16, no. 5: 583. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16050583

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Vilar, E., Collado-Boira, E., Guerrero, C., Folch-Ayora, A., Salas-Medina, P., Hernando, C., Baliño, P., & Muriach, M. (2024). Is There a Role of Beetroot Consumption on the Recovery of Oxidative Status and Muscle Damage in Ultra-Endurance Runners? Nutrients, 16(5), 583. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16050583

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