5. They Speed Up Recovery
Another benefit of beets is that they can help you to accelerate recovery post workout.
There are a number of reasons for this. One is that wider blood vessels allow for nutrients to be delivered to the muscles more quickly. That means that they can be repaired to help you recover from tiny microtears in the fibers and this is the main process by which muscles grow.
But there’s more interesting, more recent research too. Did you know that nitric oxide appears to increase the growth of satellite cells surrounding the muscles?
These are the cells that are used to rebuild the tissue, providing another very impressive mechanism for accelerated recovery and muscle growth!