Nitric oxide

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Nitric Oxide

Nitric oxide is a gas that plays a role in various bodily functions. It is naturally produced in the body and is important to heart and blood vessel health. It also plays a key role in increasing blood flow and oxygen delivery to the muscles during exercise. As a supplement, it is often used to enhance athletic performance.

Category
Sport and performance supplement
Molecular Formula
NO
Mechanism of Action
Nitric oxide widens blood vessels by relaxing the inner muscles of the vessels, causing them to widen and increase circulation.
Evidence Grade
C - Conflicting scientific evidence for this use

Other Names

  • Nitrogen monoxide
  • NO

Primary Benefits

  • Enhances exercise performance
  • Improves heart health
  • May help lower blood pressure
  • May aid in erectile dysfunction

Recommended Dosage

Standard There's no standard dose for nitric oxide as its often produced naturally in the body. For supplements, follow the manufacturer's instructions.

Side Effects

  • Headaches
  • Stomach pain
  • Diarrhea
  • Changes in blood pressure

Precautions

  • Not recommended for those with low blood pressure or heart conditions without consultation with a healthcare provider
  • Should not be used during pregnancy or breastfeeding without medical advice

Interactions

  • May interact with blood thinners
  • May interact with medications for high blood pressure
  • May interact with erectile dysfunction medications

Key References

  • Lundberg, J. O., Weitzberg, E., & Gladwin, M. T. (2008). The nitrate–nitrite–nitric oxide pathway in physiology and therapeutics. Nature reviews Drug discovery, 7(2), 156-167.
  • Bescós, R., Sureda, A., Tur, J. A., & Pons, A. (2012). The effect of nitric-oxide-related supplements on human performance. Sports medicine, 42(2), 99-117.
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“we know that homocysteine is associated with poor outcomes in cardiovascular disease um and I think that this mechanism of homosysteine impairing the clearance of adma and sdma is the is the mechanistic link because when you directly inhibit nitric oxide synthes in the endothelium you are preventing the creation of nitric oxide”

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“certain wavelengths of light for example in the mitochondria will actually uh in in in the KB cycle you'll see that cytochrom se oxidase will will will bind with a gas called mitochondrial nitric oxide”

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“in order to B oxygen and upstage the mitochondria you know to to have this aerobic cycle which is roughly 16 times more efficient than the anerobic cycle it has to let go of mitochondrial nitric oxide”

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“the nitrates you know are something that's found in plants they're in vegetables they're in Greens they're you know all over in nature they can also be converted into um nitrites and then ultimately n amines however vitamin C prevents the conversion so vitamin C is also found in plants so packaged together so that's why when you eat you know a lot of plants or like beets have a lot of nitrates you know beet beetroot juice extract is high in nitrates but it's also high in vitamin C and when you have the vitamin C there it converts the nitrates into nitric oxide”

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No.1 Nitric Oxide Expert: This is the anti-aging cure no one is talking about!
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“that molecule is nitric oxide nitric oxide is a signaling molecule in the human body which regulates things like blood flow and oxygen delivery”

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“the loss of nitric oxide production is the earliest event in the onset progression of age- related chronic disease so things like erectile dysfunction, diabetes, Alzheimer's, high blood pressure”

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“most toothpaste and mouthwash is killing the oral microbiome that's partly responsible for production of nitric oxide”

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“simply by giving nitric oxide I've healed this wound within 6 months”

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“nitric oxide is a gas it's a naturally produced molecule it's a signaling molecule in the human body and so it's it regulates things like blood flow and oxygen delivery”

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“erectile dysfunction yeah but now it's recognized that it's a symptom of loss of nitric oxide and really an accelerated form of cardiovascular disease.”

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“if you don't correct the ED then what you start to see is an increase in blood pressure.”

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“most of the drugs out there whether they're ACE inhibitors what's called angotensin receptor blockers calcium channel antagonists the main classes of drugs that treat high blood pressure aren't targeted toward restoration of nitric oxide.”

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“by age 40 we have lost about 50% of our ability to produce nitric oxide in our blood vessels and we lose 10 to 12% of nitric oxide production per decade.”

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“loss of nitric oxide production is the earliest event in the onset progression of age- related chronic disease.”

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“I'm 51 years old but I've got the vascular age of a 36 year old because I employ these principles to prevent this age- related decline in nitric oxide production.”

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“we published in 2011 that nitric oxide production is necessary for insulin signaling if the cell can't make nitric oxide you develop insulin resistance so diabetes a global pandemic nine out of 10 Americans are metabolically unfit”

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“nitric oxide corrects every single thing we know about Alzheimer's it improves blood flow to the brain it improves glucose uptake so it overcomes the metabolic aspect of Alzheimer's it reduces inflammation”

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“nitric oxide can increase telmir length.”

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“so without nitric oxide you have less telomeir tomeorase enzyme and that tomeorase enzyme isn't functional”

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“nitric oxide's relationship with the oral microbiome i had a conversation on this podcast not too long ago about the oral microbiome again another subject I hadn't thought much about but is there a relationship there no doubt”

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“oral production of nitride and nitric oxide being produced in the acid environment of the stomach is somehow regulating resistance arteries in dilation to normalize systemic blood pressure”

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“you're killing the the the oral microbiome that's partly responsible for production of nitric oxide”

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“in men testosterone activates nitric oxide production, in women estrogen activates and stimulates nitric oxide production”

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“exercise activates and stimulates nitric oxide production but you also just told me that if you want to get the great benefits of exercise you need nitric oxide in the first place”

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“the benefits of beetroot juice on enhancing athletic performance and there was a a benefit of the nitric oxide being produced that could explain the improvement in athletic performance”

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“most of the bead products the desiccated bead powders provided zero nitric oxide benefit they didn't contain any nitrate no nitrite they were just we called them dead beats”

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“you really can't eat enough beets to get enough nitrate to improve your performance and the other caveat is that if you're using mouthwash you've got fluoride in your toothpaste or fluoride in your drinking water that you're mixing the beet powder in you're not going to get a nitric oxide benefit from it”

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“mouth breathing completely changes the microbiome and you're not only bypassing the nitric oxide producing in the upper airway but you're inhibiting nitric oxide production in the mouth from the microbiome because you're fully oxygenating the mouth it's changing the pH of the saliva and completely changes the microbiome and completely shuts down nitric oxide production”

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“nitric oxide is very important but it's not a silver bullet”

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“Turns out that dark chocolate, plant-based foods, the cacao, actually um produces helps your body produce something called nitric oxide. Nitric oxide actually widens your blood vessels so you get better blood flow.”

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“uric acid can inhibit mitochondrial function and it can also inhibit endothelial nitric oxide synthese which is the enzyme in your vasculature that is your endogenous blood pressure lowerer”

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“if blood pressure is high you're getting less nitric oxide through for whatever means here uh vessels and capillaries are constricted um cells aren't able to use the energy that's coming in there's excess energy there's buildup of metabolic waste there's all this stuff and now we can start to see the picture yeah it's trying to emerge.”

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