Curious Cook: Eat your nitrate-rich veggies

Greens like spinach are examples of nitrate-rich vegetables. — LISA/Pexels

This week, there are no hugely surprising news but confirmations of some old research which has been updated and generally validated. I also must confess that I have been busy with work so have not been able to allocate the usual number of hours to research into more esoteric subjects, but the following items should be comforting as there appear to be possible real-life human benefits according to some recent papers.Nitrate-rich vegetables really help

Everyone knows five portions of vegetables and fruit are helpful for maintaining good health. Lots of research have confirmed this. But one might be interested to know that a very recent paper confirmed that around 120 grams of nitrate-rich greens appear to have the most positive impact on heart health. The paper from New Edith Cowan University (ECU) is not new news as it mostly confirmed an earlier 2018 research paper funded by Isagenix International LLC. I had ignored the 2018 paper previously due to possible bias as the sponsors are a multi-level marketing company promoting and selling various dietary supplements.