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The Importance of Healthy Bacteria in Nitric Oxide Production

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  • While your body produces nitric oxide (NO) inside your endothelial cells from the amino acid L-arginine, the most significant sources are dietary nitrates, which gut bacteria then convert into nitrite and then to NO, bypassing the classical L-arginine pathway

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