High-nitrate vegetable diet increases plasma nitrate and nitrite concentrations and reduces blood pressure in healthy women

• Published in: Public health nutrition Vol. 18; no. 14; pp. 2669 - 2678
• Main Authors: Ashworth, Ann, Mitchell, Klaus, Blackwell, Jamie R, Vanhatalo, Anni, Jones, Andrew M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.10.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Blood pressure; Blood Pressure - drug effects; Body mass index; Cross-Over Studies; Diet; Feeding Behavior; Female; Fruits; green leafy vegetables; Health care; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - blood; Hypertension - diet therapy; Hypertension - prevention & control; Interventions; Menstruation; Nitrates; Nitrates - blood; Nitrates - pharmacology; Nitrates - therapeutic use; Nitric oxide; nitrites; Nitrites - blood; Plasma; Polyphenols; Reference Values; Research Papers; Risk factors; stroke; Vegetables; Vegetables - chemistry; women; Young Adult; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US; Blood pressure; Nitrate; Vegetables; Nitrite

Epidemiological studies suggest that green leafy vegetables, which are high in dietary nitrate, are protective against CVD such as stroke. High blood pressure (BP) is a major risk factor for stroke and inorganic nitrate has been shown to reduce BP. The objective of the present study was to test the...