The Nitrate and Nitrite Myth: Another Reason not to Fear Bacon

Not only don't I fear bacon; I LOVE BACON.

Bacon! BaconBaconBaconBaconBacon! mmmmmmmm!

I LOVE me some bacon, but I am one of those weirdo's that HATES cheese....all cheese! You can all have my share.

Oh, please. Why did you even say that? You'll plant the idea in his head!

Excellent. What are the top 5 you dislike the most? I'll use those (maybe) for a cocktail party.

I tried to be polite by saying whatever they swept off the floor, but you're a little too graphic for me.

I think I'm gonna be sick!

Oh oh sorry! I understand.

hate cheese
 

Parmesan
Blue cheese
Camembert
Limburger
cheddar
I haven't tasted of many others but the smell of most cheese turns my stomach. I can take very very light Mozzarella on a pizza which is loaded with strong tasting stuff like pepperoni, bacon, etc. as the meat overpowers the cheese taste. However, I still pick any 'clumps' of the cheese off it.

Sorry you don't get along with cheese. I find cheese and friends go well together. But I'm sure you've found an alternative.

And the article states:

I don't think that it's "some chemical". Nitrates are extracted from various food sources and then added to the dogs.

Back to cheese.

I remember a bag of dripping cheese hanging on the clothesline in Columbus, Ohio MANY years ago when I was a kid.

Schmear Case?

We ate all kinds of organ meet back then. It is only if you THINK about it.

We are blessed to have plenty and able to make choices.

It's interesting to read up on this. I have learned a couple of things, among them...

"Sodium nitrate: When cooked or broken down in the stomach, nitrites form nitrosamines, which can cause cancer in young children and pregnant women.

"Spinach, beets, lettuce, celery, parsley, and cabbages are among vegetables with high concentrations of nitrates. The amount is determined by the plant’s genetic age, and the amount of nitrate in the soil. Don’t stop eating these veggies, many of them also contain vitamin C, naturally limiting the formation of the toxic nitrosamines."

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It's a dilemma, but I guess I'd rather have a naturally occurring nitrate in the food then a processed chemical one.

I am pretty sure your body doesn't know the difference.

Sometimes those "natural supplement" sites are not too accurate.

I guess my point was that the natural foods containing nitrates also contain other nutrients necessary to break down the harmful cancer-causing parts of nitrates that the chemical nitrates do not.

So I would rather have all natural hotdogs with celery juice in them, containing vitamin C, than a hotdog with a manufactured nitrate in it.