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Flavonoid-rich apples and nitrate-rich spinach augment nitric oxide status and improve endothelial function in healthy men and women: a randomized controlled trial.

Free radical biology & medicine2012The record ↗

  1. Finding, very limited evidencelowersSystolic blood pressure

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  • “Compared to control, all treatments resulted in higher flow-mediated dilatation (P<0.05) and lower pulse pressure (P<0.05), and apple and spinach resulted in lower systolic blood pressure (P<0.05).”
    Study
    crossover
    Participants
    30
    Population
    Healthy men and women; acute single-treatment crossover against an energy-matched control; spinach-alone arm

Study record

Design
crossover trial
Species
human
Population
healthy men and women
Participants
30
Comparator
no treatment / placebo
Duration
not reported
Endpoints measured
11