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Impact of Dietary Nitrate Supplementation on VO2max During Ramadan Fasting in Healthy Adults

NCT06767176 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 21

Last updated 2026-05-01

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to determine if beetroot juice supplementation changes exercise performance following one week of Ramadan fasting in young, healthy adults. The main question it aims to answer is:

Does daily beetroot juice supplementation change VO2 max in fasting individuals during the first week of Ramadan?

Participants will:

Visit the lab before the start of Ramadan and after one week of fasting If assigned to intervention group, consume daily shots of beetroot juice (70ml) during the first week of Ramadan fasting Perform maximal exercise testing on a cycle ergometer

Conditions

  • Ramadan Fasting

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Beetroot Juice (Beet-It Stamina Shot) & Supervised Exercise Training

7 doses, taken daily, 70 ml shots, consumed in the morning before the start of fasting

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Guelph

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Phillip Millar, PhD · University of Guelph

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-01-06
Primary Completion
2025-03-31
Completion
2025-03-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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