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Why eating veggies might help your heart

Original Title

The role of inorganic nitrate and nitrite in CVD

doi:10.1017/S0954422417000105
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Veggies have a natural chemical called nitrate that your body turns into a gas that helps blood vessels relax. This can lower blood pressure a bit in the short term.

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Jackson J, Patterson AJ, MacDonald-Wicks L, McEvoy M