Journal of Healthy Living » Nitrites http://journalofhealthyliving.com To a healthier, richer, and more rewarding life Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:46:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 What are Nitrates and Why Are They Bad!? http://journalofhealthyliving.com/what-are-nitrates-and-why-are-they-bad.htm http://journalofhealthyliving.com/what-are-nitrates-and-why-are-they-bad.htm#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:23:55 +0000 jim http://journalofhealthyliving.com/?p=25 Nitrates, and nitrites like sodium nitrite, are additives. They were added processed foods, usually meats like cold cuts and hot dogs, to fight botulism. The unfortunate part is that they can form nitrosamines in our intestines once they are digested. Nitrosamines are bad because they might be carcinogenic.

Does that mean you should avoid processed foods like cold cuts and hot dogs? (or anything with nitrates or nitrites) No, because a diet rich in vitamin C will prevent nitrosamines from forming. It’s that very reason that foods with nitrites find themselves packed with lots of vitamin C derivatives such as ascorbate or sodium erythrobate.

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