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Kale and the Immune System
Comparing the immune system-boosting effect of cooked versus raw kale.
Meat Additives to Diminish Toxicity
How meat scientists justify their promotion of foods associated with cancer risk.
So Should We Drink Beet Juice, or Not?
In the context of a healthy, plant-based diet, the nitrates in vegetables can safely be...
Vitamin C-Enriched Bacon
The addition of vitamin C to processed (cured) meats such as bacon may actually make...
Carcinogens in the Smell of Frying Bacon
Frying bacon outdoors decreases the concentration of airborne nitrosamine carcinogens.
Prevention Is Better Than Cured Meat
The levels of nitrosamines—considered the most carcinogenic agents in cigarette smoke—were recently measured in an...
Are Nitrates Pollutants or Nutrients?
Phytonutrients, such as vitamin C, prevent the formation of nitrosamines from nitrites—which explains why adding...
Bacon & Botulism
The nitrite preservatives in processed meats such as bologna, bacon, ham, and hot dogs form...
When Nitrites Go Bad
Nitrites in processed meat form nitrosamines, a class of potent carcinogens found in cigarette smoke,...
Is Bacon Good or Is Spinach Bad?
If the nitrates in vegetables such as greens are health-promoting because they can be turned...
Vegetables Rate by Nitrate
If nitrates can boost athletic performance and protect against heart disease, which vegetables have the...
