Effect of Lettuce With Different Nitrate Contents on Blood Pressure

PHASE1/PHASE2CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

20

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 30, 2015

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2015

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2015

Conditions
Dietary ModificationBlood Pressure
Interventions
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

High Nitrate Lettuce

The lettuce has been grown with high concentration of nitrogen fertilizer (150ppm) to produce the high of nitrate content in the lettuce, the nitrate content of 50 grams of high nitrate lettuce was (\~530 mg nitrate derived).

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Low Nitrate Lettuce

The lettuce has been grown with low concentration of nitrogen fertilizer (25ppm) to produce the low amount of nitrate in the lettuce, the nitrate content of 50 grams of high nitrate lettuce was (\~3 mg nitrate derived).

Trial Locations (1)

NE1

School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Newcastle upon Tyne

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Newcastle University

OTHER

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