It’s all in this thread.
Big changes were:
New toothpaste (photos of brand above)
Stopped brushing tongue; started scraping
Eat celery (4-5 stalks) every night
Take nitrate supplement every morning after breakfast
Now I have good test strip results:
This is interesting, Vegetable nitrates , but not non vegetable sources ,reduce dementia risk in humans.
Good to know.
Another curious finding that may mean nothing but it’s got me thinking…I missed my daily celery “dose” (I actually love it) due to being out and failing to get to the store in time. The next morning my mouth tasted very differently than normal. Bad. I sleep with mouth tape so I don’t get dry mouth. I didn’t think to test my NO since I was certain it would be bad (no celery, after all). I did take my nitrate supplement the previous morning but the effect is not supposed to last more than a few hours (6?). I’m guessing I should take the supplement at dinner as well if I don’t eat my celery.
Has anybody else gone down the Nitrite test strip path to fix NO?
Supplement buyer beware! I switched to a less expensive nitrate supplement from Humann which is run by Dr Bryan who is a recognized expert in NO. I was so confident the supplement would be good. I was wrong. Perhaps I got a bad batch or an old batch but the damned things did not work. I’ve reordered my original supplement to get back on track. My nitrite test strips saved me…alerted me to the problem.
Nitric Oxide
Volume 91, 1 October 2019, Pages 15-22
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1089860319301363
@Joseph Thanks. I’m not sure I understand or know what to make of the conclusion. I don’t understand how test strips can be used to measure changes in levels but not levels of nitrite. The test strips only show a color that is based on level of nitrite (very roughly).
The person to ask, point of contact for the paper.
Abrar M. Babateen
Corresponding author. Human Nutrition Research Centre, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Leech Building, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
Did you buy this?
What is your original supplement?
I haven’t tried that supplement. I failed to get benefit from
My original supplement that I have reordered is the Berkley Life NO Foundation
Btw I was thinking a while ago why nitroglycerin is not used for nitrate oxide supplementation? Low dose? Just a thought that came to me, but wasn’t really started to dig into it.
It is available as a transdermal patch, cream or sublingual spray or pills. Would be easy to use and relatively reliable source of nitric oxide as if I remember correctly it metabolizes into nitric oxide.
I think it is used for that purpose. That is why it works to ease angina symptoms. As for why people don’t use it as a supplement to generally boost NO, I don’t know. Perhaps it is too short lasting.
Transdermal patch gives you a constant 24h supply… from 0,2 mg/h…
Here’s a nice image for understanding the difference between nitrates in plants (good) vs nitrates in processed meats (bad)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S216183132301445X
Posted on X by Nanci Guest RD PhD
People who are eating more from the right side of the diagram probably want to invest in this cancer screening tool: Are Cancer Blood Tests Worth It? (Bloomberg) - #5 by Neo
The Galleri test is cheaper and looks for many types of cancers.
Here is its sensitivity for the main ones. Pancreas sensitivity is 83.7%.
@rivasp12 I brush my teeth with salt water, with most of the salt dissolved to avoid abrasions. My dentist gave it his highest recommendation.
Do you buy your strips from Berkeley Life as well?
If and and if you don’t mind sharing, did you purchase them from Amazon or directly from Berkeley Life? The reason I ask is that the latter doesn’t seem to be available to consumers.
I have gotten the Berkley strips and the Humann strips. I found them both to be good.
A surprising take:
https://sci-hub.se/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16399888/
I wonder if folks here think this has merit.
Here’s the link that works
It seems to say that immune system overactivation causes damage to the body that in part is inflicted by NO. I think NO is not the problem any more than bullets are the reason for gun deaths. But I’m no expert.
I sent the article to Beth Shirley (NO expert) for comment.
