What are the effects of Mouthwash?

Your mouthwash is killing you. And so what happens is when you get nitric oxide, your vessels, they dilate, your blood pressure comes down, you have less heart attacks. But how do we get nitric oxide in our arteries to affect our brain, our gut, and our sexual function? Well, actually, when you consume nitrates in foods like beets, leafy greens, they actually have the precursor for nitric oxide. But there's certain bacteria that are needed to interact with the greens in your mouth, and the greens actually release these nitrates. And then when you hit the stomach acid in your GI tract, it becomes further released to actually then be absorbed by your body. So without the right bacteria in your gut and the right stomach ph, all of a sudden, nitric oxide, which is important for brain function, blood pressure control, and a whole host of other things, you don't actually get into your body. Some of the literature shows that actually using mouthwash actually associated with increasing your blood pressure and your risk of cardiovascular disease is also associated with mouthwash killing a bacteria in your gut with an increased risk for diabetes.