Pomegranate and Increased Nitrite Level

• Acute Effects of a High-Fat Meal Enriched with Pomegranate Seed Oil on Postprandial Lipemia and Endothelial Function in Postmenopausal Women: a Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial.

  • 2026-03
  • RCT
  • The Journal of nutrition 156(3)
  • • Manal M Almoraie
    • Jeremy Pe Spencer
    • Carol Wagstaff
    • Kim G Jackson

  • PubMed: 41580088
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101374

  6 Insights on

  • Increased Nitrite Level

  • High evidence
  • Mixed

  plasma nitrite concentrations were higher after the PSO-rich than control meal (P ≤ 0.037)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  50 g fat mixed meal enriched with pomegranate seed oil (80% conjugated α-linolenic acids)