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No Difference between the Efficacy of High-Nitrate and Low-Nitrate Vegetable Supplementation on Blood Pressure after 16 Weeks in Individuals with Early-Stage Hypertension: An Exploratory, Double-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled Trial

doi:10.3390/nu16173018
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Methodology score · 68/100

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Scientists gave people with slightly high blood pressure either a lot of nitrate from vegetable powder or just a little, every day for 4 months, to see if more nitrate helped more.

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Li D, Jovanovski E, Zurbau A, Sievenpiper J, Milicic D, El-Sohemy A, Vuksan V