Exploring the Relationship Between Nitrate-Rich Vegetable Consumption and Hypertension: A Comprehensive Analysis

Recent studies have highlighted the positive effect nitric oxide has on the prevalence of hypertension, with nitric oxide playing a main role in promoting anti-hypertensive properties. Recently, an alternative pathway for increasing nitric oxide has been prevalent in individuals experiencing endothelial dysfunction due to the absence of endogenous nitric oxide. This study evaluates the effect of consuming nitrate-rich vegetables in promoting anti-hypertensive properties via an alternative path responsible for reducing dietary nitrate into nitric oxide. This study performs a meta-analysis over different databases evaluating nitrate-rich vegetable consumption and blood pressure correspondingly. Our data shows the average statistics of each age group and data on average dietary nitrate consumption and blood pressure. It was discovered that increased dietary nitrate consumption is inversely correlated to blood pressure by promoting nitric oxide-dependent vasodilation.