A new research paper just recently released the news that L-arginine may help prevent pre-eclampsia. The theory behind it goes like this. Pre-ecplamsia is a disease that affects the placenta and causes the mother's blood pressure to increase. Arginine is an amino acid that is converted into nitric oxide. Nitric oxide then promotes vasodilation, or causes the blood vessels to dilate, thus leading to a decrease in blood pressure. What is interesting, is pre-eclampsia is associated with an increase of factors that inhibit nitric oxide. So women who have a tendency towards pre-eclampsia may need more arginine.
In the study, participants were given 6.6g of arginine, plus antioxydents(also theorized to help with pre-eclampsia). There were some side effects which included, nausea, dizziness, dyspepsia, and palpatations. So, me being the natural minded person I am, I wondered what foods we could eat that might cause the same increase in arginine, without the side effects.
So, here's a food you can use to increase your arginine...watermelon. A study I read showed by drinking three 8oz glasses you can increases your arginine by 11%. By drinking 6 glasses a day it increases by 18%.
For your info: 1Cup of watermelon has .09g of arginine.
Also, for unknown reasons, some research has shown that an increase in soy and rice proteins also increases arginine levels.
http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d2901.full
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=31
http://www.nutritionjrnl.com/article/S0899-9007(07)00012-3/abstract
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=79
In the study, participants were given 6.6g of arginine, plus antioxydents(also theorized to help with pre-eclampsia). There were some side effects which included, nausea, dizziness, dyspepsia, and palpatations. So, me being the natural minded person I am, I wondered what foods we could eat that might cause the same increase in arginine, without the side effects.
So, here's a food you can use to increase your arginine...watermelon. A study I read showed by drinking three 8oz glasses you can increases your arginine by 11%. By drinking 6 glasses a day it increases by 18%.
For your info: 1Cup of watermelon has .09g of arginine.
Also, for unknown reasons, some research has shown that an increase in soy and rice proteins also increases arginine levels.
http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d2901.full
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=31
http://www.nutritionjrnl.com/article/S0899-9007(07)00012-3/abstract
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=79
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