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Where Are You Getting Your Nitric Oxide From #shorts #nitricoxide #supplements #viral #ed

12 May 2024 · 1 min

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Short YouTube video (Anne Truong MD) explaining dietary sources of nitric oxide and the biological pathways that produce it. The speaker describes two pathways for making nitric oxide: an enzyme-dependent nitric oxide synthase (NOS) pathway and a diet-dependent pathway ("Pathway 2") where dietary nitrate/nitrite from vegetables (beets, spinach, kale, arugula) is converted to nitric oxide with the help of oral bacteria and stomach acid. The video notes that when NOS is not working properly, nitrous oxide can be produced from food-derived precursors.

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The Pathway 2 is from your diet that I talk about. You can eat vegetables, you can eat beets and spinach, kale, arugula, all of that can increase your nitric oxide. You need the bacteria in your mouth and you need the acid in your stomach to convert the food to nitric oxide. You have two pathways that you can make nitric oxide. If your enzyme, nitric oxide synthase is not working properly, you can can actually get the nitrous oxide from the food.