Despite the billions of dollars poured into advertising by municipal water authorities trying to convince people, the evidence for the negative effects of drinking such water just keeps piling on. Fluoride has been added for decades, despite the constant stream of research demonstrating its ill...
As many forum users already know dietary nitrates are an effective precursor to nitric oxide (NO). NO has been reliably linked to mania in humans, and mania is a known side effect of drugslike Viagra or nitroglycerin, but so far the official claim is that dietary nitrate intake does not cause...
This is from a study that recommends eating food high in nitrate because to them nitric oxide is a good and safe vascular enhancer.
Vascular effects of dietary nitrate (as found in green leafy vegetables and beetroot) via the nitrate‐nitrite‐nitric oxide pathway
Perchlorate competitively blocks iodide from entering the thyroid. Those thyroid-related effects of environmental perchlorate have created great health concerns. However, nitrate, found in spinach, beets and other vegetables, seem to have similar or worse effects than perchlorate, as this study...
The studies were specifically about the dreaded NO, which we know Peat is not a fan since it is one of the major (neuro)toxins in the body. The bodybuilding and sports community in general are popping arginine/citruline pills like crazy hoping that the increase in NO will be beneficial to their...