#397: Dietary Nitrates & Nitrites

Today's Topic in Focus:  [03:45]

In this episode Danny & Alan discuss the impacts of nitrates and nitrites on health. They look at the beneficial impacts of dietary nitrate, as well as issues around nitrites in processed meat.

References:

1. Nitrate Veg-Table - Satnam Lidder and Andrew Webb
2. Green et al., 1981 - Nitrate biosynthesis in man
3. Leaf et al., 1989 - L-arginine is a precursor for nitrate biosynthesis in humans
4. Torregrossa et al., 2011 - Nitric oxide and geriatrics: Implications in diagnostics and treatment of the elderly
5. Lidder & Webb, 2013 - Vascular effects of dietary nitrate (as found in green leafy vegetables and beetroot) via the nitrate-nitrite-nitric oxide pathway
6. Kapil et al., 2013 - Physiological role for nitrate-reducing oral bacteria in blood pressure control

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