On Sun, 7 Oct 2012 13:40:36 +0000 (UTC), Doug Freyburger
wrote:

Dogman wrote:

The Nitrate and Nitrite Myth: Another Reason not to Fear Bacon:
http://chriskresser.com/the-nitrate-...-to-fear-bacon

"In general, the bulk of the science suggests that nitrates and
nitrites are not problematic and may even be beneficial to health.

For the large majority of people. There exist people who are sensative
to nitrates and/or nitrates. They should avoid foods with nitrates
and/or nitrites.

To me the issue is like wheat or carbs or whatever. Few are willing to
do an organized eliminate-and-challenge system to figure out what
actually causes their problems. So they eliminate some class of foods,
get a benefit, and think the entire class was the problem. or they
eliminate some class of foods, get a benefit, and thank everyone will
get the same benefit.

Doug, if people automatically refrained from eating all the foods that
they MIGHT be sensitive to, they wouldn't have anything to eat. It
should be implied that no one should eat something that he or she is
actually sensitive or allergic to, but there's no reason beyond that
to avoid foods that contain nitrates and nitrites, for example, a fear
of cancer, heart attack, etc. In fact, doing so may actually be
counterproductive to one's health.

And that was the point of the article.


--
Dogman

"I have approximate answers and possible beliefs in different degrees of certainty
about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure of anything" - Richard Feynman