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Frying bacon outdoors decreases the concentration of airborne nitrosamine carcinogens.
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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...
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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...
