Nitrate And High Nitrate Foods

Nitrates used to preserve cured meats have been linked to an increased risk of some cancers. Some foods, like beet root, are high in naturally occurring nitrate that can help maintain a healthy blood pressure and increase blood oxygen levels.

Dietary supplement makers use the healthy benefits of natural nitrate to justify taking nitrate supplements. What they fail to explain is the fact that nutrients from dietary supplements rarely produce the healths benefits derived from foods.

In this video:

• What is natural food nitrate? 00:38
• Natural nitrate versus added sodium nitrate. 00:59
• Nitrate health benefits. 1:36
• Nitrate contraindications. 3:43
• Nitrate RDA. 5:02
• High nitrate foods. 5:41