Ketodiet app writes: NITRATES (potassium and sodium nitrate): They are used for curing meat (bacon, etc.). I was always trying to avoid them but does it really make sense? Nitrate-rich foods are even plants like arugula or celery, which have more nitrates than bacon. What do you think? 1) Are "nitrate-free" products really nitrate-free? "Traditionally bacon was cured by adding sodium nitrite salts directly to the meat. Today most manufacturers of "nitrite free" brands add celery salt, which is about 50 percent nitrate, plus a starter culture of bacteria. This transforms the nitrate found naturally in the celery salt into nitrite, which cures the meat. Although manufacturers label this bacon "nitrite free," this method actually generates more nitrite from the celery salt than would ever be added as a salt. Indeed, "nitrite free" bacon can have twice the nitrite content of bacons cured directly with nitrite salts." 2) Are nitrates dangerous? "In short, nitrites are not a problem, provided our diets are rich enough in antioxidants to facilitate the conversion of nitrites to NO and to prevent nitrosation reactions that convert nitrites into carcinogenic nitrosamines. Nitrates are natural products of the nitrogen cycle and found in water, plants and animals. Approximately 80 percent of dietary nitrates are derived from VEGETABLE consumption, and nitrites are naturally present in saliva, in the gut and indeed in all mammalian tissue.66 Clearly, we cannot be pro plant based diet and anti nitrates!" articles.mercola/sites/articles/archive/2013/01/03/eating-bacon.aspx
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 11:40:16 +0000
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