By Dr Sirisha Potluri MD
Oil free beets stir fry
Ingredients
Beets peeled and steamed,garlic thinly diced,turmeric,cumin seeds mustard seeds,curry leaves ,cilantro for garnish,red chilli powder,salt.
Procedure
In a thick bottom pan add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and curry leaves, let them all saute for 5 minutes now add thinly diced beets, and saute for 5 to 7 minutes, now add turmeric, red chili powder and mix everything, let all cook for few more minutes, now add garlic and cilantro,
Beets , arugula and other leafy vegetables are good sources of dietary Nitric Oxide .
Nitric Oxide Is Vital in Our Immune System.
Viruses, mycobacteria, protozoans, bacteria, and fungi are among a growing list of microbes that are susceptible to nitric oxide .
As a matter of fact, a series of in vitro studies have reported that nitric oxide inhibits SARS-CoV replication and interferes with a viral infection.
Within the body, the magnitude and duration of nitric oxide synthesis determine whether the molecule’s actions are regulatory or cytotoxic. Low pulses of nitric oxide, produced by the endothelial cells lining our blood vessels, are involved with housekeeping events such as blood vessel tone, whereas large amounts of nitric oxide produced by certain types of immune cells, such as the macrophage, are often associated with a disease state. Under these circumstances, nitric oxide is either cytotoxic or protective (1). In essence, dietary inorganic nitrates, especially those derived from arugula, beets, among other leafy green vegetables, behave as a pro-drug in which the body converts inorganic nitrate to nitric oxide through a series of well-defined steps beginning with the friendly microflora on the tongue reducing nitrate to nitrite, which is subsequently reduced to nitric oxide in the gut, bloodstream, and various organs throughout the body.