AVOID additives and toxins in foods (such as the following) is important: mercury in fish, MSG, artificial colors, flavors and preservatives, nitrates /
nitrites in cured meats such as ham and bacon, artificial sweeteners, contaminants in water, and pesticides in produce and animal products.
And the nitrates and
nitrites in cured meats are potently carcinogenic.
Not exact matches
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.
«Ion Chromatography Detection of
Nitrite and Nitrate
in Cured Meat: An Undergraduate Analytical or Instrumental Methods Laboratory Exercise.»
Our intestinal flora makes nitrosamines from
nitrites, which are food additives are commonly used as preservatives
in pickled foods and
cured meats like ham, bacon, and sausages.
If the nitrates
in vegetables such as greens are health - promoting because they can be turned into
nitrites and then nitric oxide inside our bodies, what about the
nitrites added to
cured meats such as bacon, ham, and hot dogs?
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.
Nitrite in meat greatly delays development of botulinal toxin (botulism), develops
cured meat flavor and color, retards development of rancidity and off - odors and off - flavors during storage, inhibits development of warmed - over flavor, and preserves flavors of spices, smoke, etc..