Nitrates and nitrites. Pure myth

(8 year Ketogenic Veteran) #1

https://chriskresser.com/the-nitrate-and-nitrite-myth.../

Bacon - cured or uncured? Nitrates or no nitrates?
Baconmergency!
(AnnaLeeThal) #2

Eat all the bacon!! :bacon:

#3

Thanks for posting, Brenda. Very informative…
Here’s an excerpt:
"It’s important to understand that neither nitrate nor nitrite accumulate in body. Ingested nitrate from food is converted into nitrite when it contacts our saliva, and of the nitrate we eat, 25% is converted into salivary nitrite, 20% converted into nitrite, and the rest is excreted in the urine within 5 hours of ingestion. (3) Any nitrate that is absorbed has a very short half-life, disappearing from our blood in under five minutes. (4) Some nitrite in our stomach reacts with gastric contents, forming nitric oxide which may have many beneficial effects. "

(Guardian of the bacon) #4

I’m trying, I really am. I just can’t seem to keep up with production.

(Meeping up the Science!) #5

Going out to buy bacon in honor of @brenda. Will eat it all and report back.

(G. Andrew Duthie) #6

And don’t forget poor @TomSeest, who’s not eating bacon for almost two months for science.

(Meeping up the Science!) #7

Looks like you better implement your AK video technique to help soothe his bacon-free days…

(Meeping up the Science!) #8

Fear the apple sauce, instead.

(G. Andrew Duthie) #9

And the milk. 12g per cup.

(Greg Trantham) #10

Don’t fear the fat, don’t fear the nitrates. Nothing but good news from this WOE.

(Roxanne) #11

Thank you Brenda, I always wondered about that!

(8 year Ketogenic Veteran) #12

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

(chris.coote) #13

I still prefer to eat smoked, but uncured, bacon. The good news is there are so many choices out there nowadays…

(8 year Ketogenic Veteran) #14

Mmmmmm Maple bacon. Contains nitrates. I ate it all. Then made chocolate candy* with the rendered mapley fat.

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(Kipp Howard) #15

Did anyone look at the comments? There is quite a discussion/argument going on in those. My father-in-law is reading through all of those and doesn’t know what to believe. Where is the science for those making comments (both in the positive and negative sides)?

My father-in-law has always held that bacon is bad for you due to the nitrates and nitrites. Some of the comments he is reading says that cooking bacon at high heat (>340 degrees) is bad and can cause cancer I’m not 100% sure how to respond to some of the questions he is bringing up based on some of these comments.

Any thoughts on how to help him understand would be very much appreciated.

(8 year Ketogenic Veteran) #16

Let me read through them. Brb

(8 year Ketogenic Veteran) #17

In the article look at the linked studies Chris Kressor
provides (the highlighted numbers).
So unless Joe Blow in the comments section has science to back up their claims, it is hearsay, and best dismissed.

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(Kipp Howard) #18

Thanks. I’ll send a note to him saying something similar.

I found another link, from one of the other “Nitrate/Nitrite” threads here, that was a very good read debunking a WHO article on how red meat causes cancer. I’ve read the 1st article and need to get to the 2nd as they are both somewhat long: From some of the things that my father-in-law is saying it sounds like some of his information is coming from that WHO article
http://www.revolutionpig.com/?series=health

(chris.coote) #20

Cornell article focusing on nitrates/nitrites in drinking water. Some risk to infants and in cases of excessive amounts to adults. Touches on other sources (food), but has good citations: http://psep.cce.cornell.edu/facts-slides-self/facts/nit-heef-grw85.aspx

(Karen) #21

My bacon is “natural uncured” but has nitrates in the celery and sea salt. Meh

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