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The Surprising Link Between Age and Nitric Oxide Levels in the Body

21 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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Anne Truong MD explains how nitric oxide levels crash as you age: by 40 you've lost about half of it, and by 60 you're down to 15% of what you had in your 20s. This decline tracks with erectile dysfunction, heart disease, Alzheimer's, stroke, and heart attack.

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About 50% (relative to levels in the 20s).

About 15% (relative to levels in the 20s).

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At around the age 40, you lose 50% of your nitrous oxide. Yes, because nitrous oxide gets less and less and less as you get older. And by the time you're at the age 60, you had about 15% nitrous oxide as you were when you were in your 20s. So that's a bummer. And that's why we see more cardiovascular or heart disease as you get older. And when you have decreased nitrous oxide. Nitrous oxide is what determines whether you have more blood flow or not. And that's why when you get older, you have ed, you have heart disease, Alzheimer's, stroke, heart attack.