Nobel Prize Winner: The MIRACLE MOLECULE for Health You Have NEVER HEARD OF | Dr. Louis Ignarro

Dr. Louis Ignarro has more than 40 years of experience as a research scientist and was a professor at UCLA. In 1998, he was awarded a Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking discovery of nitric oxide or (NO) and its many critically important biological actions.

Dr. Lou’s groundbreaking research on NO paved the way for the drug Viagra and he’s been nicknamed the Father of Viagra.

Earlier this year Dr. Lou released a new book, Dr. NO: The Discovery That Led to a Nobel Prize and Viagra.

NO is a molecule you may not have heard of before but it’s powerful and can have a profound influence on your health - stick around to learn more.

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In this episode, we discuss:
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Why nitric oxide (NO) is important
03:35 - Specific foods that boost NO production
09:47 - How quickly does NO boost in your system after eating specific foods?
11:10 - Foods that cause a decrease in NO
12:24 - Arginine is required for nitric oxide production
15:55 - Specific functions NO has on the gastrointestinal (GI) system & bladder
18:34 - The physiology of nitric oxide for penile erection
21:14 - The rise of Viagra
23:07 - Dr. Lou recalls how he found out he won the Nobel Prize
27:54 - How winning the Nobel Prize changed his life personally & professionally
36:33 - Taking arginine & citrulline together boosts NO
40:42 - NO improves your athletic performance
48:02 - Endothelial cells produce NO when you exercise
49:30 - Breathing through your nose boosts NO in your lungs
52:41 - How breathing through your nose can protect against COVID-19
54:26 - Hydration, rest, and electrolytes
57:04 - Eating a healthy, balanced diet
59:35 - Dr. Lou’s passion for teaching & educating
1:02:57 - The future of NO research

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[red-baitingswine]

Pleasure to listen to this guy. He simplifies things. Einstein said we don't understand things until we can explain them to a child.

[ogeoge]

My experience conflicts with the Dr's views on meat, perhaps he is taking about meat only in the context of the standard American diet.

The carnivore way of eating saved me from debilitating back pain, nerve pain, joint pain, muscle pain, digestive issues, raised blood pressure, 20kg over weight. It took around 8 months for these problems to resolve. Now, 2 years on carnivore I'm completely pain free and never felt and looked healthier.

Only eating fatty meats, seafood, eggs and dairy.

[drleo]

My father in law 82 just had a stroke. The Dr. said it was because of a blood clot in his aota because of severe irregular heartbeat . There were 3 clots that went to the brain.
He is not overweight but he does very little exercise or movement . Eats a lot of white rice. And very little other foods.
Poor diet and very little movement.

[robdoubleyou]

Great interview! What a nice man as well. 🌞👍❤️

[HIDlarissaTERRY]

beautiful Thank you is Love Lou talk about it!

[lisaberry]

What if someone takes lysine supplement , does that decrease arginine and lowers NO production?

[beverlyescalera]

What a wonderful man Dr. Ignarro is! I have learned so much, not only about nitric oxide but what a wonderful, intelligent and caring man the good doctor is. I am curious, does nitric oxide have any healing effects on the endothelium or do we need to look at other ways to heal and or nurture our endothelium? Thank you for all of your hard work and all the long hours to bring to the world this very important information. Thank you Dr. Ignarro!

[MarilynRoper-obnj]

Sunshine!! Free source of Nitric Oxide— And drug free!! He didn’t even mention it??

[julianflores]

Which nitric oxide product does Dr Ignarro recommend?

[leonieharry]

I wonder why there have been no other medicals further developed from this findings to reduce heart diseases when it was already found 1998 ?? And it is interesting too that viagra/sildafenil was developed as heart medication. And it was a by-product to found out that it helps at erectile dysfunction. Soo, there seem to be not much about helping on vessel-diseases. I guess in 1998 it was propper and today it is an outdated information or do I get something wrong??

[jillphilips]

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[truthseeker]

I have to disagree! Cutting out vegetables, grains and carbs in general has done wonders for my health! I will not be going back to consuming foods containing high oxalate and lectin levels.

[drmansoob]

Thanks Jesse for this fruitful episode. For me it was very important the role of colorful fruits & vegetables in boosting the effect of N.O through the action of antioxidants they are rich in. Also the way of Dr. Ignarro in delivering the information was amazing! And finally i knew the secret behind Popeye power :)

[Aliya-ghec]

Can women take Viagra for blood vessel health ?

[Once_in_a_Lifetime]

So your mention of nitrate is in the soil. How can you say eat the right foods when you don’t know if the food you eat has the minerals in the soil? As far as meat, everyone lumps corn fed and grass fed in the same category. Research has shown already that saturated far has not been proven to cause heart disease. Your research was 25 years ago. Even the soil has been depleted in what use to be. If your going down that rabbit hole then you better show some recent studies regarding that. Everyone is still parroting old beliefs without proving if it apply’s today!

[kelleemerson]

Obama got the Nobel prize. I lost all respect as to it's relevance.