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Can a common food additive help diabetic mouths stay healthy?
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Inorganic nitrate: A potential prebiotic for oral microbiota dysbiosis associated with type 2 diabetes.
doi:10.1016/j.niox.2021.09.0011%
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What’s the bottom line?
Some bacteria in your mouth help turn nitrate from food into nitric oxide, which is good for your body. In people with type 2 diabetes, these helpful bacteria are low. This review says adding nitrate (like from beets or greens) might help the good bacteria grow and the bad ones shrink.
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Bahadoran Z, Mirmiran P, Carlström M, Ghasemi A