Beetroot in Heart Blends: What It Brings

Why is beetroot in heart supplements? The answer has two halves and one of them is not flattering. Beetroot is the ingredient in this aisle people already recognise — the thing runners drink before a race — so it arrives with a reputation attached. It is also, of the three plants in our bottle, the one carrying the least on its own label line. Rupert gives the everyday version of why anyone got interested: beetroot is naturally a source of nitrate, and researchers followed that. Then comes the part most products quoting beetroot research leave out. The great majority of that literature was conducted with beetroot juice, in daily amounts substantially larger than the equivalent weight in any capsule you can buy. Cathy stops him on it, and the gap is stated rather than smoothed over. What is in ours: 100 mg of beetroot extract per 2-capsule serving, Beta vulgaris from the root, at a ratio of 10 to 1 — equivalent to 1,000 mg of the root. Alongside it sit 500 mg of aged garlic extract and 200 mg of hawthorn berry: 800 mg of plant actives, 120 capsules per bottle. And the volunteered limitation: our beetroot line declares a plant, a plant part, a ratio and an amount, and names nothing inside the extract that anyone measured. That is the category norm rather than a peculiarity — but "everyone does it" is an explanation, not a defence. Cathy wins the round and it is conceded outright. SOLEY Aged Garlic Complex supports heart health. It supports healthy circulation. It supports healthy blood flow. It provides antioxidant support. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.