Nitrites, Nitrates May Cut Heart Damage

Nitrites and nitrates, found in foods including leafy greens, may cut heart damage in a heart attack.

That news comes from lab tests in mice.

Some of the mice had their drinking water laced with nitrites or nitrates for a week. For comparison, other mice got ordinary drinking water.

After a week, the researchers gave the mice an induced heart attack in order to see how their hearts fared after the heart attack.

The hearts of mice in the nitrite or nitrate groups had less heart attack damage than the mice that had drunk plain water in the week before the induced heart attack.

Dietary sources of nitrites and nitrates included cauliflower, spinach, collard greens, broccoli, meat, and meat products.

The researchers included Nathan Bryan, PhD, of the University of Texas Houston Health Sciences Center and David Lefer, PhD, of New York's Albert Einstein School of Medicine.

In a news release, Bryan says the next step for researchers is to study nitrates and nitrites in people.

Lerner is a participant in a pending patent regarding the use of sodium nitrate in cardiovascular disease. Bryan serves on the scientific advisory board of the supplement company TriVita Inc.

Their study appears in this week's online early edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
By Miranda Hitti
Reviewed by Louise Chang
©2007 WebMD, Inc. All rights reserved

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However, dietary nitrates, which (if you read the article carefully) occur naturally in all green vegetables, are metabolized, in part, to nitric oxide.

NITRATES ARE CHANGED INTO NITRITES IN THE BODY! TRY RESEARCHING THE SUBJECT AND MAYBE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE AN INTELLIGENT POST!

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juwboy, no one is saying that you are a sleep at the switch, I was just wondering if you are applying for a job with our FDA? You seem to meet all their requirements.

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Low levels of nitrates in drinking water found dangerous. Publication: Food & Drink Weekly Date: Monday, April 23 2001Subject: Water supply, Cancer research, Nitrates, Nonmetal miningProduct: Cancer R&D, Nitrates, Water SupplyLocation: United States You are viewing page 1 Drinking water contaminated with nitrates from fertilizers or human and animal waste may cause bladder cancer in. women -- even at levels far below government ceilings, says a new study. While the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says nitrate levels are safe below 10 parts per million, the study shows that levels as low as 2.46 parts per million may nearly triple the risk for bladder cancer. Nitrates also are a by-product of municipal waste treatment

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IF YOU ARE A MOUSE THEN THIS MAY BE GOOD FOR YOU BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY POISON TO HUMANS! I HAVE POSTED SOME ARTICLES THAT SHOW A REVERSE AND DEADLY EFFECT IN HUMANS! SEARCH THE INTERNET AND YOU WILL SEE FOR YOURSELF!

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3 Nitrates Many foods, especially cured meats such as bacon and hot dogs, use nitrates to preserve color and maintain microbial safety. Nitrate is harmless, but it can convert to nitrite, which can form nitrosamines, a powerful cancer-causing chemical, in your body. Whenever possible, look for nitrate-free preserved meats. When you do eat foods containing nitrates, have a glass of orange juice at the same time (for instance, orange juice with your morning bacon). Vitamin C is known to inhibit the conversion to nitrosamines in your stomach.

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who consumed hot dogs one or more times per week during pregnancy had approximately twice the risk of developing brain tumors. Children who ate hot dogs one or more times per week were also at higher risk of brain cancer.
The good news is that if you like the convenience of deli foods there are manufacturers out there that do not use nitrites in their products. Ask your grocer to carry these products. Specifically look for brands like Applegate Farms, and Diestel which make great tasting organic, nitrite and nitrate free sliced turkey, ham, and more.
If all of these reasons don''t convince you to skip the cured meats, think of the risks of high blood pressure. High blood pressure increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, both leading causes of death in the United States. About a third of the individuals with high pressure are unaware that they have it. Normal blood pressure is a systolic blood
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pressure (number on top) lower than 120 mmHg and a diastolic (number on the bottom) blood pressure iower than 80. If you are self monitoring your blood pressure you must see your doctor if your numbers are consistently above this normal range.

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Deli Meat, High Blood Pressure, and Cancer
A new study out of Columbia University links cured meat consumption with hypertension (high blood pressure). The most susceptible age group was noted to be those between the ages of 17 and 40, The main culprit here appears to be nitrites, often used during the curing process. Nitrites are commonly found in such deli items as processed sandwich meats like turkey, ham and roast beef, hot dogs, bacon and some cured fish products.
Nitrites and nitrates are nitrogen-oxygen chemical units which combines with various organic and inorganic compounds. Many food manufacturers add nitrites or nitrates to their products to improve shelf stability or just to preserve the product. Once taken into the body, nitrates are converted into nitrites.
Nitrates can also occur in drinking water. The Federal Government has set "allowable" standards for naturally occurring nitrates but many areas of the country have problems with water due to nitrate contamination. Excessive ingestion of nitrates/nitrites can lead to other serious health consequences including disruption of thyroid disorder, cancer (childhood leukemia), and hemorrhaging of the spleen.
Here''s a scary study that was done in Denver. Researchers studying childhood cancer cases in Denver found that children born to mothers

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When nitrite combines with compounds called secondary amines, it forms nitrosamines, extremely powerful cancer-causing chemicals. The chemical reaction occurs most readily at the high temperatures of frying. Nitrite has long been suspected as being a cause of stomach cancer

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What a blatant attempt to poison people with a known carcinogenic. This poison is in bacon and hot dogs and should be ban. Don''t take my word for this just type in sodium nitrate side effects on google and make your own decision.