A critical examination of the ergogenic/therapeutic effects of supplementation to increase nitric oxide bioavailability

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“…The use of exogenous nitrate supplementation to increase NO bioavailability for the specific purpose of aiding sport performance is a hotly debated topic, and current literature has been criticized for a lack of standardized supplementation protocols and small or inappropriate sample populations used to evaluate the ergogenic effects. This obfuscates firm conclusions on the topic (Allen, ). Based on our own data and early reports, our research group believes that improvements in endothelial function in elite athletes will be small (even negligible) with increased NO bioavailability, but it is possible that performance may still be meaningfully increased.…”