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Plant-sourced nitrate proves positive to human health
Medical Xpress / Edith Cowan University / European Journal of Epidemiology ^ | June 25, 2024 | Nicola P. Bondonno et al

Posted on 07/12/2024 8:42:27 PM PDT by ConservativeMind

New research has found that nitrate from plant sources is associated with a lower risk of mortality while nitrate from other sources such as animal-based foods, processed meat and tap water, is linked to a higher risk of mortality.

Emerging evidence suggests that dietary nitrate may play a role in preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD), dementia, and diabetes.

Dr. Nicola Bondonno led the project which has found that among 52,247 participants, moderate to high intakes of plant and vegetable sourced nitrate were associated with a 14% to 24% lower risk of all-cause, CVD-related, and cancer-related mortality.

Conversely, higher intakes of naturally occurring animal-sourced nitrate were associated with a 9% and 12% higher risk of all-cause, and CVD-related mortality, respectively. Higher intakes of naturally occurring animal-sourced nitrite, a compound formed from nitrate, were associated with a 25%, 29% and 18% higher risk of all-cause, CVD-related, and cancer-related mortality, respectively.

Meanwhile, higher intakes of nitrate and nitrite from processed meat sources were associated with a 12% to 22% higher risk of all-cause and cancer-related mortality while only additive permitted meat-sourced nitrite was positively associated with CVD-related mortality.

Participants with a higher intake of tap water-sourced nitrate had a higher risk of all-cause and CVD-related mortality but not cancer-related mortality.

Dr. Bondonno, who is currently based at the Danish Cancer Institute, said "In simplistic terms, nitrate can go down two different pathways when introduced into the body. One is to form a compound called nitric oxide, which has been shown to improve blood flow, lower blood pressure, and support overall cardiovascular health.

"But nitrate may also go down a second pathway, forming a group of compounds called nitrosomines, which are considered to be carcinogenic and are linked to cancer. It is thought that the antioxidant compounds in vegetables push nitrate towards the first pathway."

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cvd; medicalxpress; nitrites; nitrosomines
Higher nitrate water and meats were tied to higher cardiovascular disease and/or cancer. Higher nitrate veggies were not. They believe the antioxidants in veggies sends the nitrate down a pathway that makes nitric oxide, while the non-veggie pathway without antioxidants causes the body to make nitrosomines, which are problematic.
1 posted on 07/12/2024 8:42:27 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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2 posted on 07/12/2024 8:43:02 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Good veggies:
Green, leafy vegetables (like spinach, mustard greens, arugula, kale, Swiss chard and lettuce)
Beetroot
Radishes
Turnips
Watercress
Bok choy
Chinese cabbage
Kohlrabi
Chicory leaf
Celery
Onion
Garlic

Some fruits do contain nitrates, but the amounts are generally low. The fruits that do contain nitrates include:
Watermelon
Apples
Bananas
Grapes
Kiwi fruit
Nectarines
Peaches
Pears
Oranges
Strawberries


3 posted on 07/12/2024 9:10:47 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: ConservativeMind

Well crap, I drink tap water all the time and I thought that was good. It’s really all I drink, coffee and water. How do I get low nitrate water?


4 posted on 07/12/2024 9:17:42 PM PDT by chuck allen
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I don’t see pumpkins, carrots or habanero peppers listed there so I must conclude ... orange veggies bad!


5 posted on 07/12/2024 9:19:58 PM PDT by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Grapes? I wonder if that includes wine.


6 posted on 07/12/2024 10:04:54 PM PDT by Aria
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To: ConservativeMind
This is so messed up!   When I saw the word nitrate I thought of the preservative additive that I have been avoiding for years.

So now, I am supposed to consider the natural nitrate in my salad versus the natural nitrate in my no nitrite hotdog wieners.   I'm to old for this.

7 posted on 07/12/2024 10:05:28 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: ConservativeMind

I hear they pack hot dogs in celery juice.

So I’m good.


8 posted on 07/13/2024 12:35:14 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: ConservativeMind

How about when vegetable sources (e.g., celery juice) are used to preserve meat?


9 posted on 07/13/2024 12:47:15 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: ConservativeMind

I’ve known two people
in my lifetime who were
vegan an strictly vegatarian.
Both died of stomach cancer.
All four of my grandparents
lived well into their 90’s
eating sausages, bacon,
salami, and bologna.
I take studies such as these
with a grain of salt.


10 posted on 07/13/2024 1:57:22 AM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: ConservativeMind

Celery good. Bacon bad. Sad sad sad.


11 posted on 07/13/2024 2:43:16 AM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: Lean-Right

“All four of my grandparents
lived well into their 90’s
eating sausages, bacon,
salami, and bologna.”

Yup. My parents were from farming families. Besides what you list, there was every kind of gravy. Dad died at 86, Mom at 99.

Although not a vegetarian issue, add cake, pie, and maximum coffee.


12 posted on 07/13/2024 3:29:23 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (It's not as if Biden has the nuclear codes or anything. 😳)
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To: MayflowerMadam

That’s fantastic.
I believe ones suceptability
to cancers lay in their
genes.
No one in my family has
ever passed due to cancer
of any kind. Even my
father who smoked two
packs a day. He died from
a hard drinking life
plus the cigarettes, but
no cancer.


13 posted on 07/13/2024 4:31:11 AM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: ConservativeMind

and that’s why Popeye ate spinach :)


14 posted on 07/13/2024 5:50:25 AM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: chuck allen

People who live on property near areas which use fertilizer for grass or for crops, naturally get high nitrates.

I grew up in such a place and we had to treat our water.

More here:

https://bluwaterlabs.com/how-to-remove-nitrates-from-well-water/


15 posted on 07/13/2024 6:13:34 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

There it is, don’t drink tap water. Guessing drinking from the hose is healthier, right? Yeah, those individual plastic bottles of water is great, huh. Maybe having your water intake from cokes is now good for you except that water also comes from tap water.

They may want to check into the new rubber watermelons and bananas.


16 posted on 07/13/2024 7:48:29 AM PDT by bgill
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To: TigersEye

:-)


17 posted on 07/17/2024 5:50:24 PM PDT by mbj
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