Dr. Louis Ignarro: The Importance of Nitric Oxide for Optimal Functioning

Align Podcast

Aaron Alexander

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.8 • 900 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Did you know nitric oxide plays a fundamental role in the optimal functioning of your body? Nitric oxide not only has an anti-microbial effect (it kills bacteria and viruses), but also has a series of preventive functions, such as hypertension, inflammation, and coronary-artery disease and heart attack.

Dr. Louis Ignarro is the 1998 Nobel Peace price winner in Physiology Medicine for discovering nitric oxide acts as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system. And in this episode, he shares the knowledge he has cultivated from his 50 years of research on the topic.

So how can we boost this important molecule in our bodies? It’s surprisingly easy: by intaking antioxidants from fruits and vegetables and breathing through our nose! As Dr Louis said, inhaling has been thought of for thousands of years as being important, especially by yogis, but only about 15-18 years ago the physiological significance was discovered: as we breathe through our nose Nitric Oxide is carried to the lungs.

What we dicuss:

[00:05:52] Dr. Louis Ignarro’s diet
[00:07:17] Dr. Louis Ignarro’s academic and professional background
[00:10:21] The background story on NO, what it is and how it works
[00:11:56] Functions of NO
[00:12:59] Why NO is the most important molecule in the body for cardiovascular health
[00:13:50] Boosting NO by eating antioxidants in fruits and vegetables
[00:15:18] Viagra works by increasing NO in erectile tissues
[00:16:15] How NO is made in the body
[00:17:55] How different ways of breathing impact the production of NO
[00:21:31] Antimicrobial effects of NO and how it’s relevant to the Coronavirus treatment
[00:42:43] What types of salt are good for us
[00:24:22] NO in our nasal cavities - the importance of inhaling through the nose
[00:26:17] Does wearing masks constantly affect our health?
[00:28:30] Why we should listen to science during COVID times
[00:30:13] Do our bodies produce enough NO? COVID cases
[00:33:12] Dr. Louis Ignarro’s story about his Nobel Prize

Find more from Dr. Louis Ignarro

Website: http://www.drignarro.com/

Instagram: @dr.louisignarro

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrIgnarro

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Line Podcast, my name is Aaron Alexander. This is a place that we bring together
0:06.4	the world's leading experts in all the things health and wellness to help you optimize your mind,
0:11.1	your body, and your movement.
0:13.4	We also get into all sorts of other ridiculous forms of conversation.
0:17.4	Today is more about the mind body movement stuff with
0:21.3	Nobel Prize winning. I don't think I've had a Nobel Prize winner on the podcast before.
0:27.9	Dr. Luis Ignaro. Dr.
0:33.0	Luis is an American pharmacologist, and he won the Nobel Prize for demonstrating the signaling
0:37.5	properties of nitric oxide.
0:40.4	That's something that we've spoken with before with lots of people, Brian Mackenzie, Patrick McEwen.
0:47.0	I've gotten to with Wim Hof a little bit and a whole plethora of other people in here,
0:52.5	because nitric oxide is very important stuff.
0:55.2	It's something that is supportive
0:57.5	for your circulation, for vasodilation,
1:01.1	for moving that blood through your body.
1:04.7	Nitric oxide is a major component of many functions in your body.
1:08.0	We get into why the heck that matters and also get into Louise's story as a 79 year old man.
1:15.0	I'm always super enamored and excited to get to converse with people that are far I've been around on this planet far longer than I have
1:26.8	who knows with past lives and such been in their present form for much longer than I have been in this present form.
1:34.8	Past lives, you guys believe in past lives?
1:37.7	Who knows so many dang mysteries? Dr. Luis has been in this body for 79 years. I am reporting to you for this
1:47.7	introduction from an Airbnb in Austin, Texas, took an interesting turn of events. I decided to downsize my reality from Santa Monica.
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