date:Jun 30, 2012
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The team divided the mice into two groups, one which was given nitrate in their drinking water for seven days, whilst the other group received a control diet.
The quantity of nitrate that the mice received was roughly equivalent to that which a person would obtain by eating 200 to 300 grams of fresh spinach or two to three beetroots per day, revealed Hernndez.
A week into the experiment the team examined different muscles on the mice's legs and feet finding that those fed nitrate had