Category Archives: Nitric Oxide

Beetroot for Health

Vegetables are known to confer significant health effects for a number of reasons. Beta vulgaris rubra (beetroot) is a vegetable food with a number of health effects in humans and animals. One of the main reasons for the health effects … Continue reading

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Beetroot Supplements and Liver Disease

Nitric oxide is an important signal molecule. Evidence suggests that supplements that can increase levels of nitric oxide may have significant health effects. Beetroot is very high in nitric oxide and evidence suggests that supplements of beetroot powder may have … Continue reading

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Beetroot Powder and L-Arginine

Nitric oxide is an important cellular second messenger and may have a number of beneficial health effects. This relates to a number of factors that may decrease levels of nitric oxide in cells, particularly increased free radical activity. Supplements of … Continue reading

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Luteinizing hormone and its Release

Luteinizing hormone is an important step in the synthesis of testosterone. Luteinizing hormone is produced by the anterior pituitary in response to signals from the hypothalamus in the brain. Luteinizing hormone is important because it enters the circulation and stimulates … Continue reading

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Vitamin C Lowers High Blood Pressure

In life, sometimes the simplest things can be said to be the best. In the case of high blood pressure, what could be simpler than taking some vitamin C? The effectiveness of vitamin C tablets at lowering blood pressure was … Continue reading

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Antioxidants Protect From Cardiovascular Disease: More Evidence

For decades, time and money has been wasted on propagation of the cholesterol theory of cardiovascular disease. However, despite intensive propaganda campaigns the cholesterol theory of cardiovascular disease lies in tatters. And the scientific evidence is clear on the matter, … Continue reading

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Cocoa Improves Insulin Resistance

The oxidative stress theory of insulin resistance suggests that excessive free radical production is a causative agent in the development of insulin resistance. Such free radicals are generated by nutrient overload, possibly through fructose feeding, which increases the de novo … Continue reading

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Metabolic Syndrome: The Common Link Between Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease?

The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of metabolic dysfunctions that centre on the development of insulin resistance. Insulin resistance, is a condition that occurs when the hormone insulin no longer is able to elicit cellular effects efficiently. As a result … Continue reading

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The Vascular Benefits of Flavonoids

Observational studies show that flavonoid rich foods, including fruits and vegetables, are protective of cardiovascular disease. Further, clinical studies investigating the effects of isolated flavonoids in humans and animals show that they are biologically active. The protective effects of flavonoids … Continue reading

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Folic Acid Deficiency: The Cardiovascular Disease Link

Homocysteine is a product of cellular methionine metabolism. Evidence suggests that high levels of plasma homocysteine are a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Homocysteine may interfere with endothelial physiology through inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis, inducing endothelial dysfunction possibly via … Continue reading

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