Perhaps similar to the reason why carcinogens on plants do not form at high temperature like grilling, or nitrites in fresh vegetables do not create N - nitrosamine compounds like
nitrites found in meat?
Not exact matches
In 2011, The New York Times reported that hot dogs with «natural» and «organic» claims were
found to harbor just as many (or more) nitrates and
nitrites — preservatives that have been linked to cancer — as conventional hot dogs.
The NO
found in beets actually starts out as nitrates, but healthy bacteria on your tongue transforms the nitrates into
nitrites!
You won't
find any hormones,
nitrites, nitrates, soy, or gluten in our sausage either.
Mandy Joye of the University of Georgia in Athens, US, and colleagues
found that the
nitrite - rich water of hypersaline Don Juan pond in Antarctica reacts with minerals in volcanic rock to produce nitrous oxide (Nature Geoscience, DOI: 10.1038 / ngeo847).
The team
found that the blood of Tibetans had more than 10 times the concentration of biologically active nitric oxide breakdown products, such as nitrate and
nitrite, than did blood from people who lived at sea level, signifying a high level of nitric oxide in their bloodstreams.
Ourrespiratory agent is oxygen, a by - product of plant photosynthesis.Oxygen is rare below ground, and microbiologists have
found subsurfaceorganisms that breathe an astounding variety of alternatives: ferriciron, sulfate, nitrate,
nitrite, uranium, and carbon dioxide.
A study based at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence
found a link between deaths associated with certain diseases and exposure to nitrates and
nitrites, which are present not only in cured meats but also in some vegetables and water contaminated with fertilizers.
But a growing body of research is illuminating the health risks of nitrates and
nitrites, compounds
found in many common foods, including most hot dogs.
Research has
found that
nitrites can assist with the opening up of the blood vessels, thus increasing blood flow and oxygen to areas which are lacking oxygen.
Chemicals called nitrates and
nitrites,
found in many foods and generated in our saliva, are directly converted to nitric oxide.
Tracy's note: through my research, I also
found out that nitrates and
nitrites should not be a concern, as long as you make and consume fermented vegetables properly.
Mariana Stern, a cancer epidemiologist at the University of California says about the questionable chemical
found n processed meats, «Regardless of where the nitrates come from,» says Stern, «they can be converted by oral bacteria intro
nitrites, which in turn can react in the stomach... to form N - Nitroso compounds, which are well - established cancer - causing agents.»
Ammonia - oxidizing bacteria (AOB), mostly
found in dirt and untreated water, consume irritating components of the sweat and turn them into beneficial byproducts to the skin (
nitrite and nitric oxide).
Try to
find an uncured bacon, free of nitrates and
nitrites.
Nitrates are
found in the plant, and your body must convert it to
nitrites.
The ham that I
found that was nitrate and
nitrite free (which are hard to come by) was semi-bone... Continue reading →
An NIH - AARP study
found nitrites associated with increased kidney cancer risk.
3 whole eggs (yes, including the super-healthy egg yolks) scrambled with TONS of veggies (onions, mushrooms, peppers, diced squash, and chopped spinach) 1 large chicken sausage (organic free range chicken with NO nitrates,
nitrites, or preservatives... only chicken and spices) Half of a red grapefruit 1 large cup of yerba mate / green / mint tea (this is my new favorite tea I
found at Whole Foods... it's a mix of yerba mate, green tea, and mint tea, and it's freakin amazing!)
«
Nitrites are
found in processed meats as a preservative,» Leiba says.
Don't confuse the inorganic
nitrites and resulting nitrates from beets with the nitrates
found in cured and processed meats like bacon and cold cuts.
You won't
find any hormones,
nitrites, nitrates, soy, or gluten in our sausage either.
Other risk factors, such as cancer - causing or oncogenic chemicals, may be
found in the pet's environment or diet (formaldehyde, chlorine - containing compounds,
nitrites, etc.).
It can occur in any breed, but dogs which have been under the influence of nitrosamines (
found in food stuffs preserved with
nitrite pickling salt) over a prolonged period are believed to be more susceptible to the disease.
When measuring the isotopes in nitrate and
nitrite together, the researchers»
findings fit normal microbial processes that had already been observed in the Southern Ocean.