Hypothesis: Beetroot juice increases the exercise tolerance of patients with chronic lung disease. Using the already established pulmonary rehabilitation model, we aim to split the group of 8 into 2 groups, each group taking 500ml of beetroot juice 24 hours before there class on alternate (differing) weeks to see if it improves their overall exercise tolerance.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
8
Give subjects 500ml beetroot juice in the 24 hour period prior to class begins. They will receive this during 3 of the 6 weeks
Antrim Area Hospital
Antrim, County Antrim, United Kingdom
RECRUITINGExercise Tolerance
Measuring incremental change in exercise tolerance between weeks of beetroot consumption and weeks of no beetroot consumption
Time frame: 6 weeks
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