Your mouth has good bacteria that turn nitrate from food into nitrite, and this process works differently in men and women, which might affect how well their blood vessels work.
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Your mouth has good bacteria that turn nitrate from food into nitrite, and this process works differently in men and women, which might affect how well their blood vessels work.
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The reduction of nitrate to nitrite in humans relies on oral bacteria, and this bacterial-mediated pathway contributes to observed sex differences in nitrite levels and vascular function.
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Study: Sex differences in the nitrate‐nitrite‐NO• pathway: Role of oral nitrate‐reducing bacteria
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