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The Importance of Nitric Oxide, Featuring Dr. Nathan S. Bryan, Ph.D.

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How to Stop Using Mouthwash

There's actually nitrate-reducing bacteria that are in the mouth on the crypts of the tongue. Without these bacteria, then humans can't get these metabolites. Humans don't have a functional nitrate reductase enzyme so we're dependent upon oral bacteria. And when you use mouthwash every day, you disrupt that. You kill the good bacteria along with the bad bacteria and then you completely shut down nitric oxide production.

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