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How much of this effect do you credit to increase in NO? Do you always make your juices with beets and spinach? I react very strongly to juicing when I include beets and can feel the immeditate nitric oxide increase. Not sure if it might be damaging or not. Maybe if one is sensitive to nitrates and not removing/inactivating the NO well?
Maybe RPF has just scared me good about NO and I need to change my view on thisI just dont know how much is too much and if there can be instances when the body cannot self-regulate this in the case of high nitrate intake.
I tried arginine or citrulline and it I don't notice anything Lol. I mean spinach and beets both contain a lot of the co-factors to actually make NO (if that is what you mean). I have juiced other stuff besides beets and spinach preworkout and always felt good and have a great pump during workout. I think it is more related to electrolytes though from the juices.
Regarding it being damaging, I don't think it is at all. Have you seen all of mounds of the beneficial research on beets and spinach? Yeah RPF really scares you on NO, but I have taken too much NO before (i.e. cialis, viargra etc.) and got the nasty sides so I know what it feels like.
Beets don't do that all LOL since your body is regulating it.