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Nitric oxide is a crucial part of the biology of life, especially animals. Viagra does not specifically impact the amount of nitric oxide in the body or the nitric oxide cycle mediated by arginine. It instead enhances the effect of NO in the smooth muscle. I would not worry about nitric oxide in general as it’s crucial for the basic functioning of your body.

Nitric oxide bad for you? Pretty sure it is good for you ,otherwise super foods like beets and leafy greens would be bad for you.

Too little NO is bad for you, too much NO is bad for you.

Leafy greens can be bad if you're sensitive to oxalates. Depends how you cook them though.

1. "Bad stuff" meaning what?

2. There's no such thing as increasing "the effect" of such a nonspecific chemical as nitrogen oxide. There's tons of effects, and it increases some of them. Also, can the active ingredient get into mitochondria?