Enhance Athletic Performance

Brassicaceae vegetables contain significant quantities of dietary nitrates. Nitrates are naturally occurring substances present in meals such as beets, radishes, and leafy green vegetables such as watercress. They relax your blood vessels and raise the quantity of nitric oxide in your circulation, which may help you perform better during exercise. Furthermore, dietary nitrate lowers resting blood pressure and the quantity of oxygen required during activity, potentially increasing exercise tolerance.

Several research on dietary nitrates from beets and other plants have shown that they boost athletic performance. However, tiny research using 100 grams of watercress daily for seven days in healthy persons discovered that watercress increased carbon dioxide generated during exercise, which may have a detrimental influence on performance. While there is evidence that dietary nitrates may boost exercise performance, clear data that watercress enhances athletic performance is missing.