{"id":353033,"date":"2018-03-20T12:39:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T11:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/why-do-you-need-nitric-oxide\/"},"modified":"2018-03-20T12:39:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T11:39:03","slug":"why-do-you-need-nitric-oxide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/why-do-you-need-nitric-oxide\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do You Need Nitric Oxide?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Dr. Mercola<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nitrate-rich plant foods are a valuable part of your diet as they help promote heart health. Meanwhile, the nitrates in cured and\u00a0processed meats<\/a>\u00a0such as\u00a0bacon<\/a>\u00a0and hotdogs are known to be carcinogenic. So, what\u2019s the deal? Why are plant-based nitrates healthy and animal-based nitrates harmful? The answer to that question has to do with biochemistry \u2014 how the nitrates are processed in your body based on cofactors found in their source.<\/p>\n

Plant- Versus Animal-Based Nitrates<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a recent Nutrition Action article on this topic, Gunter Kuhnle, professor of food and nutritional sciences at the University of Reading, U.K., explains the core differences between plant- and animal-based nitrates:1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen you eat nitrates, they are converted to nitrites by bacteria in your mouth. Once the nitrites reach the stomach\u2019s acid, they can turn into either nitric oxide [NO] or N-nitroso compounds. N-nitroso compounds like nitrosamines are carcinogenic. What makes processed meats so ideal for forming N-nitroso compounds is that they have a combination of nitrite and proteins from the meat. And the meat\u2019s heme seems to help convert them into N-nitroso compounds.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Nitrates are also more prone to converting into carcinogenic nitrosamines when heated. According to a review of more than 7,000 clinical studies, the World Cancer Research Fund concluded there\u2019s no safe lower limit for processed meats2<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0and that they should be avoided altogether to minimize your cancer risk.<\/p>\n


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Plants, on the other hand, contain\u00a0antioxidants<\/a>\u00a0(such as vitamin C and polyphenols) that impede the formation of harmful nitrosamines. The presence of these compounds help to ensure that the…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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By Dr. Mercola Nitrate-rich plant foods are a valuable part of your diet as they help promote heart health. Meanwhile, the nitrates in cured and\u00a0processed meats\u00a0such as\u00a0bacon\u00a0and hotdogs are known to be carcinogenic. So, what\u2019s the deal? Why are plant-based nitrates healthy and animal-based nitrates harmful? The answer to that question has to do with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-353033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}