Peter Heitman

“ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FOODS In the Dietary Inflammatory Index, the spice turmeric is the single most anti-inflammatory food, followed by ginger and garlic, and tea, green or black, is the most anti-inflammatory beverage.”
― Michael Greger, How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older

“Nitrate supplementation can significantly increase exercise tolerance6831 and performance,6832 not only because it enables our body to extract more energy from oxygen6833 but because it helps to dilate our arteries so they can deliver more oxygenated blood to our muscles6834 and even directly improves muscle function (contractility) through an unknown mechanism.”
― Michael Greger, How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older

“A cup of fruit may only have about 3 g of dietary fiber and a cup of vegetables 5 g, but a cup of beans or a cup of intact whole grains, like barley groats, may have 15 g.”
― Michael Greger, How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older

“The nitrate naturally found in leafy greens and beets improves the efficiency of our mitochondria, the little power plants within our cells, boosting athletic performance by extracting more energy from each breath.”
― Michael Greger, How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older