07/11/2025
100 beets/10 pints of beet juice to optimally nitrate load? 🥴 Or use our trusted nitrate 400 shots!
1 Beet It Sport N400 Shot = 500ml beetroot juice = 6–8 whole LARGE beets
(larger than supermarket ones! So, for supermarket beets you're looking at closer to 10/12 beets to one n400 shot)
Consider the science-backed nitrate loading protocol:
✅ 5–6 days out: 1 shot per day
✅ 3 days before: increase to 2 shots daily
✅ Race day: 1–2 shots, 2–3 hours before start
To follow this with food or juice alone, you’d need to eat 90 -120 whole supermarket-size beets - or drink around 10 pints of beetroot juice in a single week.
Let’s be real: for most of us that could be a challenge. 😶
That’s where a standardised, concentrated shot can really simplify things - making it much easier to stay consistent without overloading your routine. ✅
The other issue with trying to nitrate load from beets or beet juice is that the nitrate levels natural vary so you never know how much you're getting, making it impossible to be certain you're optimising nitrate intake. The nitrate 400 shot has 400 mg of nitrate in every shot because we control for the amount of nitrate. This is why top clubs and athletes choose Beet It Sport. 💪
To sum it up, the Beet It Sport Nitrate 400 shot makes nitrate loading practical and accurate.
Find our full dosing guide here → www.beet-it.com/pages/optimise-dosage ❤️
