Nomio is a concentrated broccoli sprout shot designed to reduce lactate and support recovery.
If you told me the next big endurance supplement would be a shot of broccoli, I probably would have laughed.
But here we are.
Nomio is a small glass bottle packed with concentrated broccoli sprout extract. No flashy branding. No synthetic ingredients. Just a sharp tasting green shot that some of the fastest athletes on the planet are quietly using before races and key workouts.
And the early science is intriguing.
Nomio’s active compounds are isothiocyanates, natural compounds found in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and kale.
The product was developed by researchers from the Karolinska Institute and the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences. The same research circles that helped bring beet nitrate into the mainstream performance world.
Their original interest was not even lactate. It was oxidative stress and how the body adapts to hard training.
In controlled studies, athletes taking Nomio saw:
That last point is what grabbed attention.
Lower lactate at the same pace or power output means potentially more efficiency in that uncomfortable middle zone where many races are won or lost.
Cole Hocker has used it before major races.
Mads Pedersen reportedly hit a ninety minute power personal best at four hundred watts while using it.
Elite marathoners running near two hour pace are experimenting with it in training blocks.
The ingredient list is refreshingly simple:
It is fully compliant with anti doping standards. No synthetics. No mystery blends.
It is essentially two and a half kilograms of performance vegetables condensed into a single shot.
That simplicity matters.
The timing protocol is specific.
One shot about three hours before a key workout or race. The idea is that the body first uses glutathione, then overproduces it, peaking around hour three when training begins.
During heavy blocks or stage races, some athletes take a second shot before bed to help manage oxidative stress overnight.
It is not meant for easy days. It is not meant as a daily multivitamin. It is a tool for hard efforts.
That targeted approach makes it feel more like a performance system than a generic supplement.
This is where we need some humility.
The lab data is promising. The physiological markers look encouraging. There is early evidence of extended time to exhaustion.
But direct head to head race data is still limited. There are ongoing studies. Coaches and athletes are experimenting. Some report noticeable improvements. Others are cautiously optimistic.
Even athletes who have had great training blocks while using Nomio admit there are many variables at play.
Right now, the evidence suggests something real is happening at the cellular level. Whether that consistently translates into podium defining performance gains for everyone is still being studied.
And that is okay.
Every breakthrough in sports nutrition started with curiosity, then early adopters, then better data.
Nomio is not a magic bullet.
But it is one of the most interesting endurance supplements we have seen in years.
It is simple. It is grounded in real physiology. It comes from credible research institutions. And some of the best endurance athletes in the world are willing to use it when the stakes are high.
That alone makes it worth paying attention to.
Broccoli may not be glamorous.
But in endurance sport, boring and effective often wins.
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