Nitric Oxide; 1. Boosts your immune function, making your body better equipped to fight off foreign pathogens 2. Has powerful antibacterial potential18 in and of itself — In vitro tests show it can kill most enteric pathogens within one hour. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Salmonella and Shigella are particularly susceptible to nitric oxide 3. Helps maintain physiological homeostasis — For example, in your gut, NO regulates mucosal blood flow,19 intestinal motility and the thickness of mucus 4. Plays an important role in the homeostasis of reactive oxygen species, which can have a significant impact on metabolic pathways 5. Helps suppress inflammation 6. Promotes angiogenesis, the formation of new, healthy blood vessels 7. Helps improve your physical fitness — For example, raw beets have been shown to boost stamina during exercise by as much as 16 percent  as a result of the increase in nitric oxide production 8. Improves brain neuroplasticity by improving oxygenation of the somatomotor cortex, a brain area that is often affected in the early stages of dementia 9. Helps reverse metabolic syndrome and has antidiabetic effects Sources and References: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1567-5769(01)00086-8 https://iai.asm.org/content/70/6/3130.short https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/201419 https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/article/72/9/1284/2452303 https://neurosciencenews.com/aging-beetroot-exercise-6445/ https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2019/01/14/get-nourished-with-nitrates.aspx https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/794297/Alzheimer-s-beetroot-juice-exercise-rejuvenate-brain https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19661447/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29972800/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nutrition-point/message