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How veggies can help your heart work better
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Mechanisms of the protective effects of nitrate and nitrite in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.
doi:10.1016/j.niox.2020.01.0061%
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What’s the bottom line?
Your body makes a helpful gas called nitric oxide that keeps blood vessels healthy. Eating foods with nitrate and nitrite (like spinach or beets) gives your body extra ingredients to make more of this gas, even when oxygen is low.
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Liu Y, Croft KD, Hodgson JM, Mori T, Ward NC