This video and article are interesting. I’m careful about eating too much beet juice, because I know someone who overdid it and got kidney stones, but I’m going to try adding more arugula and other nitrate-boosting foods to my diet.
Cocoa and nitrite-rich vegetables, such as green leafies and beets, are put to the test for cognitive function.
As you can see at 1:42 in my video, researchers found significantly improved performance in terms of more correct answers on the sustained subtraction task. “These results suggest that a single dose of dietary nitrate”—for example, nitrate-rich vegetables—“can modify brain function, and that this is likely to be as a result of increased NO [nitric-oxide] synthesis,” but how do we know it’s the nitrate?
Nitrate is converted to nitric oxide by bacteria on the tongue, I believe, and so it’s a good idea to avoid strong alcohol-based mouth wash to maximize NO.
I take antibiotics when a doctor thinks I really need them, but they tend to be overused. I just saw this article:
In developing countries, most antibiotic prescriptions are not only pointless — an estimated 70% to 80% of them are given for viral infections, which the medications don’t treat — they’re also harmful, as overuse of antibiotics accelerates antibiotic resistance.
A similar problem exists in the United States, where an estimated 30% to 50% of antibiotic prescriptions are given for viral infections.
My younger brother struggled with his weight resulting in him needing a knee replacement. Every six months his dentist would give him an antibiotic “just to be safe” to prevent any infection from dental work migrating to his knee. My heart sank.
The constant antibiotics were causing my brother to be obese. They give antibiotics to pigs and cows to fatten them up.
My brother ended up gaining more weight — and needing a second knee replacement.
Health is a delicate subject to discuss especially when it’s about weight.
