Prevention Is Better Than Cured Meat
The levels of nitrosamines—considered the most carcinogenic agents in cigarette smoke—were recently measured in an...
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Friday Favorites: Improving VO2 Max: A Look at Vegetarian and Vegan Athletes
Plant-based diets improve the performance of athletes and nonathletes alike
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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...
Hearts Shouldn’t Skip a Beet
The nitrate in vegetables, which the body can turn into the vasodilator nitric oxide, may...
Pretty in Pee-nk
Beeturia, the passage of pink urine after beetroot consumption, is a reminder that phytonutrients circulate...
Asparagus Pee
Young infants, and perhaps those with recurrent oxalate kidney stones, should avoid beets. But most...
Out of the Lab Onto the Track
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover studies convinced the scientific establishment that nitrate-rich vegetables (such as beets)...
Don’t Use Antiseptic Mouthwash
The natural flora on our tongue (lingual bacteria) are essential for the athletic performance-enhancing effect...
Priming the Proton Pump
To understand how beets could reduce the oxygen cost of exercise while improving athletic performance,...
