What are the Benefits of Red Spinach Powder?

If physical effort had a “turbo button” it would be fueled by red spinach, a plant that is part of the amaranth family. Red spinach powder pumps ample amounts of nitrate and other phytochemicals into our system, which converts to nitric oxide and engages the body’s turbo mode increasing stamina and enhancing performance and recovery of intense physical exertion.

So potent it makes the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) raise an eyebrow. Red spinach has entered the sports world with a powerful bang. What conditions have made red spinach such a powerhouse? In its natural conditions, red spinach can survive intense winds, high altitudes and tolerate prolonged periods of drought. Amaranth is the Greek word for ‘unfading’ and was chosen by the scientific community to name this family of plants. Unfading is precisely the word we would describe the effects of red spinach on the body, especially its ability to supercharge energy levels for a sustained period. Simply put by athletes, “go harder for longer.”

Getting the fuel directly from the plant versus additive-laden supplements is the critical difference for successfully leveraging the power of red spinach. Doctors who prescribe a nitrate-rich diet for increasing athletic performance recommend that it come directly from vegetables and fruits. Often, the amount required to see those promising effects is impossible to eat in one day. That’s where RS400 powder comes in. It’s what the sports doctors prescribe. The red spinach powder in RS400 Red Spinach Extract is 100% plant-based with no additives and is carefully measured for a reliable calculated outcome of intense workouts and performance for every type of athlete.

What does red spinach do for athletes?

 

Improves endurance

Red spinach is at the TOP of the nitrate plant pyramid. Studies conducted thus far on red spinach have shown that it significantly improves time to exhaustion. It takes about 400 mg to see this phenomenon - the amount contained in a single serving of RS400. 

Increase speed, surges power, and lowers oxygen need

Another study in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning revealed that active adults who took red spinach extract greatly improved their cycling time. Subjects in the study who took red spinach generated more power, higher speed, and used less oxygen than those who took a placebo. 

Vascular and heart health

Relaxing the smooth muscle around arteries, nitrate-packed red spinach powder delivers vital nutrients that cells need to power through intense physical exercise. Nitric oxide is a signaling molecule that helps maintain optimal heart and vascular health.

Is spinach a performance enhancer?

Yes, red spinach contains ecdysterone, a naturally occurring steroid hormone that, when derived from a plant, is called a phytoecdysteroid. In nature, phytoecdysteroid is a defense chemical used by plants to protect themselves from insects. Researchers have discovered that ecdysterone acts as a performance enhancer, muscle builder, and muscle repairer. In a ten week study on muscle strength with 46 participants, researchers found the subjects who received spinach extract increased their strength three times higher than the placebo group.

Do red spinach supplements work?

Supplements are helpful but what you really want to consider is if the source of nitrate is clean, quantified, and plant-based. Many supplements are created in a lab, aren’t plant-based, and contain additives and flavorings. What this means for athletes seeking to leverage the power of red spinach is to seek it in powder form measured to the exact amount that is recommended by researchers who study athletic performance amplification. 

The best red spinach powder has no additives or ingredients unless the other ingredients are plant-based and help propel the efficacy of red spinach. 

Should athletes eat red spinach?

Yes, sports nutritionists love red spinach for athletes because of its richness in nitrate, especially when compared to other sources of dietary nitrate. Because the plant is still being studied, doctors and sports nutritionists recommend getting the full spectrum effects from ingesting the plant directly. 

While all sexes benefit from a red spinach nitrate boost, studies on athletes show that women get an even bigger boost from taking red spinach powder. On average, women tend to start with a lower resting plasma nitrate level. 

Why is red spinach red?

 

The vibrant red spinach is known as the amaranth plant, and the crimson hue is from betacyanin pigments. Betacyanins have powerful antioxidant effects, even greater than vitamin C, and compared to anthocyanins, are more stable when exposed to pH and temperature change. 

How much red spinach to eat for athletic effect?

Researchers from Freie Universität Berlin studied the naturally occurring steroid hormone ecdysterone found in spinach and found it to be even more effective at improving athletic performance than some prohibited anabolic steroids. The amount of raw spinach required to gain an athletic effect is nearly impossible to eat; it’s about 4 kilograms or 8.8 pounds every day. For nitrate, the amount needed to achieve that supercharged athletic effect is 400 mg. RS400 is the premier red spinach powder for athletes because 400 mg of nitrate is guaranteed with each serving. Red spinach powder mixed with your favorite juice makes a quick and easy pre-drink to boost nitrate before a strenuous workout or performance -- much easier than finding the time to eat nearly 10 pounds of spinach. 

What is red spinach good for?

Just about anything spinach can do, red spinach can do better. Here’s a shortlist of prominent benefits that have been uncovered. The list, however, continues to grow as more research is conducted. 

• Endurance
• Athletic and exercise performance
• Performance-enhancing
• Muscle growth
• Muscle recovery
• Cardiovascular health
• Arterial health
• Better digestion
• Colon health
• Healthy, vibrant skin