In this episode I’m going to dissect the often brought up topic amongst bacon aficionados of added nitrates or nitrites which I was led to believe are something you should avoid because of links to cancer. Hence my wife sends me off to our local Farmer’s market with the note of making sure I only buy the Nitrate / Nitrite Free Bacon for her and our little man.

In this episode you’ll discover:

• What is sulforaphane
• What are nitrates and nitrites
• When they are good and bad for us
• Why they are added to food
• The cancer link between nitrates and nitrites
• Why nitric oxide can be extremely beneficial for us
• Why nitrosamines can be harmful to us
• The studied concerns surrounding cured and smoked products
• What we can do to mitigate the dangers surrounding nitrates and nitrites
• Deceptive marketing practices surrounding nitrite free labelled products
• Three simple things you can do to avoid the harmful effects of nitrosamines
• How nitrates can improve physical performance and muscle efficiency.

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• EB34: The Anticancer & Detox Power of Broccoli Sprouts
• Phytochemicals have been found to block the formation of damaging nitrosamines
• Potassium Nitrate use in salted meat dating back to the middle ages
• Potassium nitrate other uses
• Sodium Nitrate other uses
• Potassium Nitrite other uses
• Sodium Nitrite other uses
• Carcinogenic nitrosamines formed when meat is cured / you digest it / exposed to high heat
• Nitrosamines linked to gastric and oesophageal cancer
• Dietary exposure to cured/smoked meat and fish may be associated with leukaemia risk among children and adolescents
• Nitrate in drinking water
• Blue baby syndrome
• Other sources of nitrate exposures in infants, including protein-based formulas and foods can play a role in blue baby syndrome
• Nitrates' possible harmful affect on pregnant women
• How to remove nitrates from drinking water
• International Agency for Research on Cancer declares that consumption of processed meat is carcinogenic to humans
• Nitrite free bacon can actually contain more nitrites than conventional bacon and more info here
• Dangers of high heat cooked and burnt meats / fish
• Nitrate induced enhanced physical performance and muscle efficiency and more info here
• Nitrates thought to increase the efficiency of mitochondria
• TheEdTalks Free Strategy Guide for feeling more energized
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