Posted on 07/12/2024 8:42:27 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
New research has found that nitrate from plant sources is associated with a lower risk of mortality while nitrate from other sources such as animal-based foods, processed meat and tap water, is linked to a higher risk of mortality.
Emerging evidence suggests that dietary nitrate may play a role in preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD), dementia, and diabetes.
Dr. Nicola Bondonno led the project which has found that among 52,247 participants, moderate to high intakes of plant and vegetable sourced nitrate were associated with a 14% to 24% lower risk of all-cause, CVD-related, and cancer-related mortality.
Conversely, higher intakes of naturally occurring animal-sourced nitrate were associated with a 9% and 12% higher risk of all-cause, and CVD-related mortality, respectively. Higher intakes of naturally occurring animal-sourced nitrite, a compound formed from nitrate, were associated with a 25%, 29% and 18% higher risk of all-cause, CVD-related, and cancer-related mortality, respectively.
Meanwhile, higher intakes of nitrate and nitrite from processed meat sources were associated with a 12% to 22% higher risk of all-cause and cancer-related mortality while only additive permitted meat-sourced nitrite was positively associated with CVD-related mortality.
Participants with a higher intake of tap water-sourced nitrate had a higher risk of all-cause and CVD-related mortality but not cancer-related mortality.
Dr. Bondonno, who is currently based at the Danish Cancer Institute, said "In simplistic terms, nitrate can go down two different pathways when introduced into the body. One is to form a compound called nitric oxide, which has been shown to improve blood flow, lower blood pressure, and support overall cardiovascular health.
"But nitrate may also go down a second pathway, forming a group of compounds called nitrosomines, which are considered to be carcinogenic and are linked to cancer. It is thought that the antioxidant compounds in vegetables push nitrate towards the first pathway."
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
Good veggies:
Green, leafy vegetables (like spinach, mustard greens, arugula, kale, Swiss chard and lettuce)
Beetroot
Radishes
Turnips
Watercress
Bok choy
Chinese cabbage
Kohlrabi
Chicory leaf
Celery
Onion
Garlic
Some fruits do contain nitrates, but the amounts are generally low. The fruits that do contain nitrates include:
Watermelon
Apples
Bananas
Grapes
Kiwi fruit
Nectarines
Peaches
Pears
Oranges
Strawberries
Well crap, I drink tap water all the time and I thought that was good. It’s really all I drink, coffee and water. How do I get low nitrate water?
I don’t see pumpkins, carrots or habanero peppers listed there so I must conclude ... orange veggies bad!
Grapes? I wonder if that includes wine.
So now, I am supposed to consider the natural nitrate in my salad versus the natural nitrate in my no nitrite hotdog wieners. I'm to old for this.
I hear they pack hot dogs in celery juice.
So I’m good.
How about when vegetable sources (e.g., celery juice) are used to preserve meat?
I’ve known two people
in my lifetime who were
vegan an strictly vegatarian.
Both died of stomach cancer.
All four of my grandparents
lived well into their 90’s
eating sausages, bacon,
salami, and bologna.
I take studies such as these
with a grain of salt.
Celery good. Bacon bad. Sad sad sad.
“All four of my grandparents
lived well into their 90’s
eating sausages, bacon,
salami, and bologna.”
Yup. My parents were from farming families. Besides what you list, there was every kind of gravy. Dad died at 86, Mom at 99.
Although not a vegetarian issue, add cake, pie, and maximum coffee.
That’s fantastic.
I believe ones suceptability
to cancers lay in their
genes.
No one in my family has
ever passed due to cancer
of any kind. Even my
father who smoked two
packs a day. He died from
a hard drinking life
plus the cigarettes, but
no cancer.
and that’s why Popeye ate spinach :)
People who live on property near areas which use fertilizer for grass or for crops, naturally get high nitrates.
I grew up in such a place and we had to treat our water.
More here:
https://bluwaterlabs.com/how-to-remove-nitrates-from-well-water/
There it is, don’t drink tap water. Guessing drinking from the hose is healthier, right? Yeah, those individual plastic bottles of water is great, huh. Maybe having your water intake from cokes is now good for you except that water also comes from tap water.
They may want to check into the new rubber watermelons and bananas.
:-)
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