date:Sep 10, 2018
Patients with peripheral artery disease who drink beet juice before walking may feel less pain from this type of exercise than people who don't, a small experiment suggests.
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) develops over time with hardening of the arteries and reduced blood and oxygen flow to the tissues and muscles in the legs. When people have PAD, walking can cause severe pain that requires them to stop and rest after very short distances because the legs don't get enough oxygen to handle the