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Spinacia oleracea decreases systolic blood pressure (setting unspecified)

lowersVery limited evidenceFindingreplicated ×1

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Spinach compared with control resulted in higher large artery elasticity index (P<0.001), and lower pulse pressure (P<0.001) and systolic blood pressure (P<0.001).”
Quoted verbatim from Effects of a nitrate-rich meal on arterial stiffness and blood pressure in healthy volunteers.
This finding among the 88 findings on its endpoint

Spinacia oleracea

Systolic blood pressure (setting unspecified)

lowers

Who
n = 26 · healthy men and women aged 38-69 years; acute effect up to 210 min after a single energy-matched 2000 kJ meal, high-nitrate spinach meal against low-nitrate control meal
Dose studied
single meal containing 220 mg nitrate derived from spinach, 2000 kJ

Very limited evidencePMID 24120618 · 2013

02 · The study

Study
crossover
Participants
26
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderate
  • limited
  • very limitedthis finding
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Nitric oxide
What else it reported4 findings · 0 compounds · 4 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M70PQ6C37MZVR548S4Q6KR45