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Foods That Maximize Nitric Oxide

Posted by Dan Hammer //

06/22/2021

In today’s post I’m going to help you discover foods that maximize nitric oxide production in your body. In a previous video I shared that there are two primary pathways for the creation of nitric oxide. They are:

The Nitrate Nitrite Pathway

The Endothelial Pathway

Both of these pathways are valid for the creation of nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is a signaling molecule that is used by your vascular system to improve blood flow. This molecule has three primary benefits:

First is vasodilation, which relaxes the smooth muscles of the blood vessels so that they expand. This improves the deliver of oxygen and nutrients as well as aids in the removal of cellular waste.

This expansion of the blood vessels can be a natural way to lower blood pressure back into the normal range.

Additionally, men cannot have an erection without nitric oxide so sexual health is also dependent on your nitric oxide levels.

Second, nitric oxide keeps blood platelet cells from sticking together, which naturally reduces your risk for strokes and heart attacks.

Third, nitric oxide helps to initiate repair mechanisms to keep the lining of your vascular system healthy and functioning.

(If you would prefer to view this information in a video format, then please click on my YouTube video below:)

Now the ingredients needed for each pathway are different.

Let’s start with the Nitrate Nitrite Pathway. Here you want to choose foods that are high in nitrates.

Nitrates are converted to nitrites in your body. These nitrites are then used for the creation of nitric oxide.

Arugula is a good choice. Of all the types of lettuce, this provides the highest source of nitrates. However, it’s a bit bitter to the taste so many people will opt for spinach.

Now you want fresh spinach, not canned spinach.

Beets are also rich in dietary nitrates.

If you don’t like the taste of beets, then used either a beetroot juice supplement or just plain beetroot powder.

Many processed meats like Ham, Bacon, Hot Dogs, and Deli Meat are high in nitrates. However, when you get your nitrates through processed meats you increase your risk that these types of nitrates can formed harmful nitrite compounds within your body. Read More →

L-Arginine and Nitric Oxide Helps Diabetic Health Issues

Posted by Dan Hammer //

05/22/2021

L-Arginine and Nitric Oxide Helps Diabetic Health Issues

From the research it’s clear that diabetics produce less nitric oxide, which may be a contributing factor in the following health concerns:

High Blood Pressure
Increased Risk for Heart Disease
Increased Risk for Stroke
Poor Kidney Function
Poor Wound Healing
Nephropathy
And Atherosclerosis

Today’s post is going to examine the question, “Can L-arginine and Nitric Oxide Address Multiple Health Issues in Diabetics?”

Now before we get started let’s get a clear picture on nitric oxide and L-arginine.

Nitric oxide is a signaling molecule created in your vascular system to help regulate circulation. It is a vasodilator, which relaxes the smooth muscle of the vascular wall.

This action improves blood flow. Improved blood flow helps to:

Bring blood pressure back into the normal range.

Reduces your risk for strokes and heart attacks.

And improves blood flow to the kidneys to help them function better.

Already three diabetic concerns have been addressed.

(If you would prefer to view this information in a video format, then please click on my YouTube video below:)

L-arginine is a key amino acid that helps regulate 7 different metabolic pathways in your body. One pathway is the creation of nitric oxide. This means it’s a critical component for good cardiovascular health.

L-arginine is also needed for proper elimination of urea. And plays a key role in kidney function.

Here is a link to a PubMed article titled “L-arginine as a therapeutic tool in kidney disease.”

The proper combination of both L-arginine and nitric oxide helps to improve kidney function. Read More →

2 Natural Ways to Lower A1C

Posted by Dan Hammer //

05/15/2021

In today’s post we’re going to examine 2 natural ways to lower your A1C. These two ways are not normally discussed by the medical community. In fact, I just read an article from WebMD titled “9 Tips to Lower Your A1c Level” and neither of these two natural ways were discussed.

Yet, these 2 ways can be an extremely effective method to improve glucose metabolism to lower your A1C.

If you’re interested in the WebMD article, then click here. Plus I provide a link to the following article that actually discusses these 2 natural ways to improve your blood sugar levels.

In 2001 the American Diabetes Association published a study titled “Long-Term Oral l-Arginine Administration Improves Peripheral and Hepatic Insulin Sensitivity in Type 2 Diabetic Patients”

Here is the stated conclusion from the authors of this study,

“l-Arginine treatment significantly improves but does not completely normalize peripheral and hepatic insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetic patients.”

(If you would prefer to view this information in a video format, then please click on my YouTube video below:)

When people hear the term “diabetes” they usually associated it with blood sugar issues. And while this is true, the main problem centers on insulin resistance.

Your body uses insulin to move sugar out of the blood stream into your cells. It is a key component in what is called glucose metabolism, which is your ability to use glucose or blood sugar as an energy source.

This is where L-arginine and nitric oxide can make a significant difference in your A1C levels.

First, nitric oxide helps to normalize glucose metabolism by increasing glucose transport.

Second, nitric oxide facilitates the uptake of glucose into cells.

Third, L-arginine regulates insulin release, which is needed for proper glucose metabolism.

Fourth, both l-arginine and nitric oxide work together to enhance insulin sensitivity for improved glucose metabolism.

To help you understand how critically important these two natural ways are I did the following Google search: Read More →

Can L-arginine and Nitric Oxide Help With Alzheimer’s Disease?

Posted by Dan Hammer //

05/08/2021

Can L-arginine and Nitric Oxide Help With Alzheimer's Disease

In today’s article I want to examine L-arginine, nitric oxide and Alzheimer’s Disease. Currently, there are approximately 6 million people in the United States with this disease.

This age-related neurodegenerative disease is characterized by memory impairment and cognitive issues that become more severe as time passes. Which causes increasing stress and health related challenges for both the patient and their family members.

And while there is currently no effective strategy to treat and prevent Alzheimer’s Disease, every study that I know of that improves blood flow to the brain improves cognitive function.

Maybe a better understanding of L-arginine and nitric oxide can help provide a way to lessen the impact of this disease.

(If you would prefer to view this information in a video format, then please click on my YouTube video below:)

L-arginine in a semi-essential amino acid. What this means is that your body can create this amino acid but not in sufficient quantities to fuel all the metabolic pathways that it’s needed for.

Because of this you need to consume additional food sources or nutritional supplements for this critically important amino acid.

L-arginine fuels 7 different metabolic pathways, but the two most critical ones are: Read More →

2 Primary Pathways for Nitric Oxide

Posted by Dan Hammer //

04/22/2021

In your cardiovascular system there are two primary pathways for the creation of nitric oxide. They are:

The Nitrate Nitrite Pathway
The Endothelial Pathway

Today we’ll examine each so that you can better understand how to harness the benefits of nitric oxide for improved cardiovascular health.

(If you would prefer to view this information in a video format, then please click on my YouTube video below:)

Both of these pathways are valid for the creation of nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is a signaling molecule. It’s used by your vascular system to improve blood flow. This molecule has three primary benefits:

First is vasodilation, which relaxes the smooth muscles of the blood vessels so that they expand. This improves the deliver of oxygen and nutrients. As well as aids in the removal of cellular waste. And, it can be a natural way to lower blood pressure back into the normal range.

Additionally, men cannot have an erection without nitric oxide so sexual health is also dependent on your nitric oxide levels.

Second, nitric oxide keeps blood platelet cells from sticking together, which naturally reduces your risk for strokes and heart attacks.

Third, nitric oxide helps to initiate repair mechanisms to keep the lining of your vascular system, what is call the endothelium, healthy and functioning.

Now, let me give you an overview of each pathway. Then at the end, I’ll give you my opinion on which pathway can benefit you the most. Read More →

5 Natural Ways to Increase Nitric Oxide

Posted by Dan Hammer //

04/15/2021

Today I want to help you understand the top 5 natural ways to increase nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is a signaling molecule used throughout your body. A signaling molecule causes something else to occur.

Because of this nitric oxide is critical to your overall health. In fact, you could not live without nitric oxide.

Nitric oxide is used by your immune system, nervous system, and cardiovascular system.

(If you would prefer to view this information in a video format, then please click on my YouTube video below:)

Most of the research around nitric oxide centers on the cardiovascular system. Its primary function is vasodilation. Nitric oxide relaxes the smooth muscles of the blood vessels. This allows them to widen for improved blood flow.

Improved blood flow increases the delivery of oxygen and nutrients while also improving the removal of cellular waste products.

This means that every organ, and health system in your body, can benefit from improved nitric oxide production.

Let me list the 5 natural ways to increase nitric oxide and then we’ll spend some time looking at each:

Eat Vegetables High in Nitrates
Limit The Use of Mouthwash
Use Nitric Oxide Boosting Supplements
Increase Your Intake of Antioxidants
Increase Your Heart Rate Through Exercise

In your vascular system there are two primary pathways for the creation of nitric oxide. My next video/article will help you understand these pathways. For now they are: Read More →

CoVid19 and Endothelial Health

Posted by Dan Hammer //

11/08/2020

My daughter sent me an article from NPR that talks about CoVid19 and endothelial health. The title of the article is “Clots, Strokes And Rashes. Is COVID-19 A Disease Of The Blood Vessels?”

As more and more research is being done on the CoVid19 virus, one of the areas of focus has been the lining of the vascular system.

This lining is call the endothelium.

It’s only one-cell thick. But it actually regulates most of your cardiovascular health.

To give you an idea how large this tissue is, there is approximately 60,000 miles to the average vascular system. This includes all your arteries, veins, and capillaries. Lining all of this is the endothelium. If you took it out and laid the endothelium on the ground it would cover the surface area of a football field.

That’s a lot of surface volume.

Dr. William Li, who is a vascular biologist and the founder of the Angiogenesis Foundation, compared the endothelium to a freshly resurfaced ice skating rink before a hockey game. Smooth ice that allows the players and puck to glide smoothly.

However, the CoVid19 virus has an effect on the enthelium. In Dr. Li words,

“When the virus damages the inside of the blood vessel and shreds the lining, that’s like the ice after a hockey game. You wind up with a situation that is really untenable for blood flow.”

Dr. Li and his researchers came to this conclusion when they compared the lung tissues of people who died from CoVid19 to those who died from influenza. CoVid19 patients had nine times as many tiny blood clots when compared to influenza patients. And the endothelial lining of the blood vessels of the lungs were severely injured.

A normally functioning endothelium helps to: Read More →

Improving Brain Function – Part One

Posted by Dan Hammer //

08/01/2020

As people age one of their concerns is improving brain function. Every study that I’ve ever seen that improves blood flow to the brain improves brain function.

It is one of the reason why I’m a big proponent of Nitric Oxide Therapy.

Helping your body improve its ability to create nitric oxide ends up improving blood flow. Improved blood flow improves the deliver of oxygen and nutrients to the brain. As well as helps to properly remove metabolic waste.

This allows your brain cells to function better.

What is critical to blood flow is the health of your endothelium and its ability to properly produce nitric oxide.

The importance of your endothelium was recently highlight in a 2019 video that I saw from the BrainMind Summit. In this video Dr. George Church of Harvard Medical School made the following statement:

“Here some stem cells are turning into two different kinds of important brain cells. The one that everyone thinks about which is neurons . . . but the one that people tend to forget about is the endothelium, which provides the blood to the neurons. And there is almost exactly 1 capillary per neuron. So you have 86 billion neurons in your brain you have almost 86 billion capillaries. . .”

Capillaries are needed to bring the oxygen and nutrients to the neurons. Capillaries are endothelial tissue.

Thus the health of your endothelial tissue helps determine the health of your capillaries.

And contained in your endothelium are enzymes that convert the amino acid L-arginine to nitric oxide.

Nitric oxide then dilates the blood vessels for improved blood flow.

As I’ve already stated, improved blood flow delivers more oxygen and nutrients, which then nourishes your neurons to improve their performance.

One of the ways for improving brain function is to improve the health of your endothelium and its ability to properly produce nitric oxide. To this end there are five key ingredients. They are: Read More →

NO More Heart Disease Book Review

Posted by Dan Hammer //

02/08/2020

The book NO More Heart Disease by Nobel Laureate in Medicine Dr. Louis J. Ignarro was key to helping me understand the power and effectiveness of nitric oxide therapy.

Back in 2008 I first came upon this concept of using nitric oxide to improve blood flow.

While my background is exercise physiology, I had never heard of what has become know as “The Miracle Molecule.”

I had been told that nitric oxide would help me improve my workouts and athletic performance. At that time I still played competitive indoor soccer at the age of 55. He was in a men’s over 40 league. And when I consistently used ingredients that would help me optimize my nitric oxide production, what I experienced was greater endurance on the soccer court.

More importantly I didn’t have soreness the next day after a competitive match.

I then got my wife to address her high blood pressure with nitric oxide. Prior to taking ingredients that would help optimize this Miracle Molecule, her blood pressure averaged 160 over 90. Within one week her blood pressure lowered to 112 over 68 and has been at this level ever since.

My experience, and the experience of my wife, prompted me to learn about this remarkable molecule for vascular health.

Enter NO More Heart Disease

The book that was recommended to me (and I recommend it to you) was Dr. Ignarro’s book called NO More Heart Disease. It was originally published in 2005 but I feel it is still the best book written to date to help people understand how significant this molecule is to their health.

In fact, Dr. Ignarro makes no bones about it. He firmly believes nitric oxide is key to your health.

If you look at the cover of his book, then you will see the subtitle, which states: Read More →

Lower Blood Pressure The Number One Key

Posted by Dan Hammer //

02/01/2020

If you want to reduce your risk for strokes and heart attacks, then you need to lower blood pressure. There is one key to this process. Unfortunately it is seldom shared in any of the articles or videos you find on this topic.

This article with provide you with this key. In fact, this key centers on Nobel Prize winning information.

Now before I introduce this number one key I want to emphasis how it is left out in most discussion about blood pressure.

You can do your own Google search for the keyword phase “Effective ways to lower blood pressure” and you will see a boat load of articles all about this topic.

I’ve taken just two of these articles from two very respected sources. One is the Mayo Clinic and the title to their article is “10 Ways to Control High Blood Pressure Without Medication.” The other article is from Healthline and it’s titled “17 Effective Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure.”

You can click on the article titles above to link to these lists, but I’ve summarized them below. Not once is the key to addressing your blood pressure listed. I’ll share this key after the summary of their recommendations:

Lose weight if you’re overweight – Both sources agree

Exercise regularly – Both sources agree

Eat a healthy diet – Both sources agree but Healthline adds specific recommendations:

a. Cut back on sugar and refined carbohydrates

b. Eat more potassium and less sodium

c. Eat less processed food

d. Eat some dark chocolate

e. Eat garlic or take garlic extract supplements

f. Eat healthy high-protein foods

Limit the amount of alcohol you drink – Both sources agree

Quit smoking – Both sources agree

Cut back on caffeine – Both sources agree

Reduce your stress – Both sources agree

Monitor your blood pressure at home and see your doctor regularly – Mayo Clinic

Get support – Mayo Clinic

Make sure to get good, restful sleep – Healthline

Take these BP lowering supplements – See Healthline article for their list

Try these medicinal herbs – See Healthline article for their list

Try meditation or yoga – Healthline

Take prescription medications – Healthline

Now in the list above there is not one mention of the number one key to helping you bring your blood pressure back into the normal range. Although dark chocolate can help to produce this key. And one of the BP lowering supplements in the Healthline article also helps to create this key.

So what is this key ingredient?

It is NITRIC OXIDE!

Number One Key to Lower Blood Pressure – Nitric Oxide

The 1998 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to 3 American researchers for discovering how the endothelium, which lines all of your vascular system, converts the amino acid L-arginine into Nitric Oxide, the master signaling molecule of your entire cardiovascular system.

Nitric oxide relaxes the smooth muscle of the vascular wall to vasodilate your system, This reduces resistance to blood flow and helps to naturally bring your blood pressure back into the normal range.

Rather than write about this process here is a video that will help you better understand how nitric oxide therapy can naturally address high blood pressure:

My recommendation to you, and anyone you know who has high blood pressure, is to consume foods and supplements designed to create nitric oxide. This “Miracle Molecule” is the number one key to improving your cardiovascular health.

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Number One Key to Lower Blood Pressure – Nitric Oxide

Blessing Lives Through Nitric Oxide Therapy!

Dan