The power of NO
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2012-01-24

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DESCRIPTION: Antioxidants protect NO synthase, the enzyme that produces the artery-relaxing signal, nitric oxide. This may explain why those who eat especially antioxidant-rich plant foods have improved flow-mediated dilation of the brachial arteries. Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/the-power-of-no/ and I'll try to answer it! Please feel free to post any ask-the-doctor type questions here in the comments section and I'd be happy to try to answer them. Be sure to check out all the other videos on antioxidants (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/antioxidants/) and don't miss the videos on heart disease (http://nutritionfacts.org/?s=heart+disease). And there are 1,449 subjects (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/) covered in the rest of my videos--please feel free to explore them!

Image Credit: Benjah-bmm27 via Wikimedia Commons, and European Atherosclerosis Society.

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