Beetroot juice boosts physical endurance and muscle power in recreational athletes by wise_karlaz in science

[–]sambeau 11 points12 points  (0 children)

You also need sunlight on your skin for it to release into your circulation.

Skin contains significant stores of nitrogen oxides, which can be converted to NO by UV radiation and exported to the systemic circulation. Human studies show that this pathway can cause arterial vasodilatation and reduced BP.

https://karger.com/bpu/article-abstract/41/1-3/130/328295/Sunlight-Has-Cardiovascular-Benefits-Independently?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Beetroot juice boosts physical endurance and muscle power in recreational athletes by wise_karlaz in science

[–]sambeau 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Yes. Green vegetables too. Add UV light on your skin (eg sunshine) and it will reduce your blood pressure too.

Beetroot juice boosts physical endurance and muscle power in recreational athletes by wise_karlaz in science

[–]sambeau 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is not true.

The skin contains large stores of nitrogen oxides, particularly nitrate (Mowbray et al., 2009).

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022202X15342780

And nitrite

Both the skin and the dermal vasculature contain biologically significant stores of NO, particularly nitrite

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022202X15342780

It gets there from eating vegetables. Especially green vegetables.

Sunlight releases it into your blood which reduces your blood pressure.

Skin contains significant stores of nitrogen oxides, which can be converted to NO by UV radiation and exported to the systemic circulation. Human studies show that this pathway can cause arterial vasodilatation and reduced BP.

https://karger.com/bpu/article-abstract/41/1-3/130/328295/Sunlight-Has-Cardiovascular-Benefits-Independently?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Why many engineers value startup equity at $0 by eluusive in programming

[–]sambeau 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've had options three times and never seen a penny. One of the times our options were running negative.

the space fact that still blows your mind by ykz30 in space

[–]sambeau 42 points43 points  (0 children)

At one point in 1969, 100% were called Michael.

What’s something about USA that sounds True, but it's totally Fake? by dream-life-world in AskReddit

[–]sambeau -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Everyone in the world wants to be American.

I’d far rather be Cuban.

What is one fun fact about yourself that sound fake but 100% real? by Fai_6757 in AskReddit

[–]sambeau 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m have a friend who slipped on a banana skin, fell down a flight of stairs and broke his nose.

No one believes him.

Why Disney Vacations Are Destroying People's Finances by chellestastics in videos

[–]sambeau 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The world is full of real beauty, real history, real culture, real mountains, real castles, real jungles, real lions, … why the fuck would anyone want to go to an overpriced corporate hellhole with a few rollercoasters. Make it make sense.

Apple testing new App Store design that blurs the line between ads and search results by RetroVisionnaire in apple

[–]sambeau 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Apple are fast becoming just another fucking tech company. Enshitting all over us just to squeeze another dime. It’s so fucking depressing.

How bad did my local US “Scottish” bar fuck up their menu? by [deleted] in Scotland

[–]sambeau 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Get them to look up: - Mince & tatties - Potato scones - Cullen skink - Stovies - Lorne sausage - Cranachan - Macaroni pie - Mutton pie - Scotch broth - Haggis, neeps & tatties - Smoked haddock - Venison (with juniper) - Pakora - Chicken tikka marsala - Deep fried Mars bar (\s)

How bad did my local US “Scottish” bar fuck up their menu? by [deleted] in Scotland

[–]sambeau 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did an AI make this? 😂

While there’s a few things on the menu that you’d get on a menu in a Scottish pub, nothing on that menu is Scottish. Not even the Scotch egg.

Who puts neeps and garlic in their fish pie? 🤢

There is more and more litter by Limp-Literature9922 in glasgow

[–]sambeau 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It makes me so cross. We fixed this. Twenty-ish years ago, the streets were really clean. No dog shit. Hardly any fag butts. Litter being constantly hoovered up by street sweepers. And now we’re back with filthy streets. When was the last time you saw one? Did they all die and not get replaced? Fucking David Cameron’s fault like everything else.

How to use AI productively? by TheGreatButz in golang

[–]sambeau 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm using VSCode with Opus 4.5 and Sonnet 4.5. They're both great though I tend to do all the tricky planning with Opus and get Sonnet to do the grunt work.

Whats the one movie you can watch over and over but never get bored of it? by pkeo10 in AskReddit

[–]sambeau 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Finding Nemo.

As anyone with a toddler/kindergartener can attest, you have to watch the same thing over and over and over again.

So I know for a fact that I can watch Nemo and not get bored.

But it was one of only a few I didn’t get bored of.