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Guess what, chocolate is healthy. Well, that is only partially true, but at least we got your attention. The raw cacao bean increases nitric oxide and is loaded with antioxidants. Cacao can lower blood pressure and markers of inflammation. Unfortunately, chocolate is loaded with sugar. Save it for special occasions and skip the milk chocolate.
Some of the nitrate rich food includes lettuce, carrots, parsley, cabbage, radishes, collard greens spinach, celery,aragula and beet root. These nitrate rich foods help increase the Nitric oxide levels in man even he is suffering from significant atherosclerosis. When you eat nitrate rich foods, these nitrates are converted into nitrites by the bacteria on your tongue. When these nitrites reach the gut, it converts these nitrites into nitric oxide. This phenomenon certainly increases the nitric oxide levels in your body depending on the amount of nitrate rich foods you eat. The best part is foods rich in nitrates are easy to find and consume.