Pomegranate juice dilates blood vessels like Viagra

　　Recently, Dr. Murad, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, and his student Chen Zhenxing held a press conference in Beijing for their new book "The Miraculous Nitric Oxide", describing the role of nitric oxide in cardiovascular disease. disease role.

　　Murad explained: “Putting nitroglycerin under the tongue produces nitric oxide in the body, which dilates blood vessels and increases blood flow, allowing oxygen and nutrients to reach human tissues. ”

　　However, Murad said that the human body cannot directly inhale nitric oxide, because nitric oxide is easily oxidized into nitrogen dioxide, which is harmful to the human body. Therefore, how to ingest substances that can produce nitric oxide in blood vessels in daily life has become a problem. Chen Zhenxing said that there are some ways to obtain nitric oxide-producing substances in the diet. “For example, pomegranates contain a lot of substances that can produce nitric oxide. If you drink relatively high-purity pomegranate juice, after 10 minutes, it will have an effect very close to that of taking a small amount of Viagra, and the blood vessels will begin to dilate. ”