Eating foods with inorganic nitrate might change the bacteria in your mouth in a way that helps your body make more nitric oxide, which could be helpful for people with type 2 diabetes.

From: Inorganic nitrate: A potential prebiotic for oral microbiota dysbiosis associated with type 2 diabetes.

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Eating foods with inorganic nitrate might change the bacteria in your mouth in a way that helps your body make more nitric oxide, which could be helpful for people with type 2 diabetes.

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Inorganic nitrate is associated with modulation of the oral microbiome to support the nitrate-nitrite-nitric oxide pathway in individuals with type 2 diabetes.

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