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Although nitrate and nitrite are not carcinogenic -- in fruits and vegetables, in fact, they act as antioxidants -- during digestion or cooking, nitrite can combine with naturally occurring amines ...

Maintaining optimal levels of nitric oxide in your body is essential for your overall health. This article reviews the top 5 ways to increase your nitric oxide production naturally.

Nitrite/nitrate found in vegetables, cured meats and drinking water may help you survive a heart attack and recover quicker, according to a pre-clinical study led by a cardiovascular physiologist ...

If nitrite and nitrate were harmful to us, then we would not be advised to eat green leafy vegetables or swallow our own saliva, which is enriched in nitrate." He also notes that vegetables have up to ...

We measured nitric oxide (NO) microprofiles in relation to oxygen (O₂) and all major dissolved N-species (ammonium, nitrate, nitrite, and nitrous oxide [N₂O]) in a permeable, freshwater sediment ...

The nitrites found in lunch meat are converted in the body mainly into nitric oxide, which does not harm health. In huge quantities, ... In massive doses, nitrite – and nitrate, ...

However, nitrates and nitrites also offer potential health benefits by improving nitric oxide production in the body. Most people consume 1.2-3 mg of nitrite daily, and about 50% of nitrite ...