Review of Nature's Way Garden Veggie Supplement for Nitrate Content

[EH]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAjF5cDcMd0

And then look at what you get with nitrate of which there is a lot:  a bunch of nitric acid and salt!  Niether of those is going to make you feel too good.

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110421133610AAGbPoe

Anyway, all of this makes me wonder if it really does have that much nitrate!

Sodium nitrate is a well-known compound that is (was) used in gunpowder and fireworks.  It is probably the reason why arugula is called "Rocket" after all   The MSDS is always entertaining for any product because it has all the warnings associated with said compound.  The MSDS for water even lists a lethal dose for rats.

Here is a review of some of the sodium nitrate studies...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4008816/

For what it is worth, I find that a heavy nitrate supplementation within 1 hour of exercise is damaging to performance.  I tried a large amount of fresh squeezed carrot/beet juice before a soccer game last year (probably containing 500-1000mg nitrates) and had an awful lack of breath and energy.  I just discovered that it was probably a result of the nitrate/nitrite negatively impacting my hemoglobin. 

[PeakT]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAjF5cDcMd0

And then look at what you get with nitrate of which there is a lot:  a bunch of nitric acid and salt!  Niether of those is going to make you feel too good.

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110421133610AAGbPoe

Anyway, all of this makes me wonder if it really does have that much nitrate!

I bought this and have taken about 5 of the capsultes and the good news is that I got no stomach ache.  The bad news:  it never raised my NO levels a bit as far as I can tell.  I have taken two separate readings and I am DELETED with the Berkeley strips both times.  Seems to do nothing.

Sodium nitrate is a well-known compound that is (was) used in gunpowder and fireworks.  It is probably the reason why arugula is called "Rocket" after all   The MSDS is always entertaining for any product because it has all the warnings associated with said compound.  The MSDS for water even lists a lethal dose for rats.

Here is a review of some of the sodium nitrate studies...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4008816/

For what it is worth, I find that a heavy nitrate supplementation within 1 hour of exercise is damaging to performance.  I tried a large amount of fresh squeezed carrot/beet juice before a soccer game last year (probably containing 500-1000mg nitrates) and had an awful lack of breath and energy.  I just discovered that it was probably a result of the nitrate/nitrite negatively impacting my hemoglobin.

[EH]

I bought this and have taken about 5 of the capsultes and the good news is that I got no stomach ache.  The bad news:  it never raised my NO levels a bit as far as I can tell.  I have taken two separate readings and I am DELETED with the Berkeley strips both times.  Seems to do nothing.

I'm not surprised at all.  I figured out that the paper is off by one decimal place.  So the actual amount is 25.1mg per capsule.  It would take 10-20 capsules before you could probably get any reading at all.  Keep in mind there won't be any interaction from chewing so perhaps the NO levels would be lower than with food of the same amount.  I'd like to try 20 capsules (since it is just food after all) but I'm sure my stomach would not allow it.

[PeakT]

I bought this and have taken about 5 of the capsultes and the good news is that I got no stomach ache.  The bad news:  it never raised my NO levels a bit as far as I can tell.  I have taken two separate readings and I am DELETED with the Berkeley strips both times.  Seems to do nothing.

I'm not surprised at all.  I figured out that the paper is off by one decimal place.  So the actual amount is 25.1mg per capsule.  It would take 10-20 capsules before you could probably get any reading at all.  Keep in mind there won't be any interaction from chewing so perhaps the NO levels would be lower than with food of the same amount.  I'd like to try 20 capsules (since it is just food after all) but I'm sure my stomach would not allow it.

Ill take the whole bottle tomorrow. 

Hey, I rewrote the page above but I am going to pull it unless we find something that boosts nitratea.  I am in the hunt starting tomorrow!