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Nitrate and exercise with Dr Andrew Coggan

Inside Exercise

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The Importance of Tissue Stores in Nitric Oxide Production

It may have been known for 10 to 20 years that the tissues, such as the heart, have higher nitrate concentration than the plasma. Work by a picnova, shector, and also, conjunction with Andy Jones propose that muscle acts as the body's nitrate reservoir. In large part, because muscle is the largest tissue, so it becomes the largest source of nitrate in the body.

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