High Levels of Dietary Nitrate Might in Part Explain the Vascular Benefits of Diets Rich in Leafy Greens
In new research, Brian Zuckerbraun and colleagues, of the University of Pittsburgh, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, determined that after vessel injury in the rat, the NOS pathway is disrupted, but a secondary pathway that generates NO from nitrate is activated. Furthermore, supplementing rats with nitrate before inducing vessel injury markedly limited the extent of the damage, while a diet low in nitrate exacerbated it.
CCSVI venoplasty induces some vessel injury, which can lead to complications such as clotting or intimal hyperplasia regrowth.
This research suggests that eating leafy greens reguarly before and after the procedure could protect against such damage (in rats).
Salad, anyone? I like mine with honey mustard dressing. Used to have a diet coke on the side but, alas, no more.