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Now there are more good reasons to drink your beets. A new research from Exeter University, UK, says beetroot juice can boost your workouts.

Updated on: Jul 7, 2011, 01:32:24 IST
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Now there are more good reasons to drink your beets. A new research from Exeter University, UK, says beetroot juice can boost your workouts.

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In the study, professional cyclists who drank about a pint of store-bought beetroot juice before riding in a simulated competition shaved vital seconds off their finish time. Beetroot juice is touted as a health tonic for enhancing sexual function and digestion and sharpening brain power.

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