About the Authors

Michael J. Berry

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

berry@wfu.edu

Affiliation Health and Exercise Department, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Gary D. Miller

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health and Exercise Department, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Physics Department, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Macie S. Fletcher

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health and Exercise Department, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Caleb G. Jones

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health and Exercise Department, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Zachary D. Gauthier

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health and Exercise Department, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Summer L. Collins

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health and Exercise Department, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Swati Basu

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Physics Department, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Timothy M. Heinrich

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health and Exercise Department, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

This work was supported by a grant from Isagenix International LLC, Gilbert, AZ awarded to MJB. MJB, GDM, DBK-S and SB received funding from Isagenix LLC to conduct the study. Contents of the manuscript are the sole responsibility of the authors. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The funding source had no involvement with the study design, data collection, data analysis and interpretation or the decision to submit this work for publication. The results of the study are presented clearly, honestly, and without fabrication, falsification or inappropriate data manipulation. Dr. Kim-Shapiro is co-inventor on a patent related to the use of nitrite for cardiovascular conditions, and owns stock in and serves on the scientific advisory board for Beverage Operations LLC, which has licensed Wake Forest University intellectual properties and thus has a financial interest in Beverage Operations LLC. None of the other authors have any financial, non-financial, professional or personal competing interests to declare.