date:Apr 09, 2021
ate supplementation, including a decrease of Clostridium difficile (which can infect the bowel and cause diarrhoea).
Professor Vanhatalo stressed that more research is needed to confirm the findings and see whether similar effects are found in other groups.
Our participants were healthy, active older people with generally good blood pressure, she said.
Dietary nitrate reduced their blood pressure on average, and we are keen to find out whether the same would happen in other age groups and amo