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Guess which has more nitrites: a hot dog or a single arugula leaf? The scientists raising the alarm about these correlations can’t explain why eating nitrites
by gregwebs 4y ago
Guess which has more nitrites: a hot dog or a single arugula leaf?
The scientists raising the alarm about these correlations can’t explain why eating nitrites would cause such harms.
There may be something else that is more causul that this is a correlation to such as eating processed food in general
- thelastgallon 4y agoArugula has nitrate, meat is cured by nitrite. Nitrate is less toxic than nitrite and is used as a food source by live plants. Ecotoxicology of nitrite and nitrate: Nitrite levels above 0.75 ppm in water can cause stress in fish and greater than 5 ppm can be toxic. Nitrate levels from 0 – 40 ppm are generally safe for fish. Anything greater than 80 can be toxic. [1] https://www.lenntech.com/hazardous-substances/nitrate-and-nitrite.htm https://www.lenntech.com/hazardous-substances/nitrate-and-ni...
- incrudible 4y agoNitrates are converted into nitrites in the body. Either way, it is not a simple picture. This study is one more data point in a basket of conflicting data [1]. The risk increase may well exist with spinach or arugula, but who wants to eat substantial amounts of that? Certainly not lab mice. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6147587/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6147587/