Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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This episode features Dr. Nathan Bryan, an expert in Nitric Oxide who specializes in reversing metabolic disease with the natural production of Nitric Oxide. Head to boncharge.com/5minutebody for a 15% discount with code 5MB.

Dr Bryan has spent over 20 years researching the molecule of Nitric Oxide and it's impact on cardiovacular health as well as the prevent of chronic health conditions, namely heart attacks, strokes, dementia and Alzheimer's.

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In this episode Dr Bryan discusses the two ways our body produces Nitric Oxide via the Nitric Oxide Synthase pathway and the enterosalivary nitrate-nitrite-nitric oxide (NO) pathway. Dr Bryan explains how both Nitric Oxide pathways promote vasodilation (the widerning of the arteries) and help with blood pressure regulation.

We discuss how you lose Nitric Oxide production as we age through western medicine, diet, and lifestyle factors. Dr Bryan discusses the dangers of using antiseptic mouthwash on the oral microbiome, the use of antacids and the connection to dementia, heart attacks and stroke and dietary protocols to increase Nitric Oxide production.

This episode is important for anyone who seeks to understand the cause of chronic disease, and for those who seek to optimise their heart and cardiovascular function. You will learn the science of the four hallmarks of chronic inflammation which is leading to heart attacks, stroke and dementia, the science of how Nitric Oxide prevents all chronic disease, and how to naturally increase Nitric Oxide production.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:12 What is Nitric Oxide?
04:58 Why Nitric Oxide is not in the medical mainstream
06:53 Dr Nathan Bryan's focus on Nitric Oxide
09:35 Every chronic disease is linked to a loss of Nitric Oxide
11:08 What causes the loss of Nitric Oxide as we age
14:28 How the body naturally produces Nitric Oxide: NOS Pathway
19:26 Endothelial cells vs epithelial cells
24:15 Enterosalivary pathway of Nitric Oxide
28:02 Mouthwash and the oral microbiome
31:40 Antacids and cardiovascular risk/ dementia
37:05 Nitric Oxide prevents dementia and Alzheimer's disease
38:05 Tool: Strategies to naturally increase nitric oxide
42:17 Tool: Nasal breathing
45:43 Sodium nitrite (bacon) + cancer
50:52 Tool: Dietary protocols to naturally increase Nitric Oxide
53:52 Nitric Oxide release (dumping) workout
55:28 Tool: Red light therapy
56:55 Nitric Oxide + heart attack risk
59:15 Nitric Oxide + immune system
01:03:57 Nitric Oxide to fix erectile dysfunction
01:09:29 Tool: Exogenous Nitric Oxide
01:14:55 Find Dr. Nathan Bryan

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