Deli meats are the top food to limit to reduce the risk of high blood pressure. Their sodium and nitrates have been shown to ...

For this reason, they have issued voluntary sodium reduction initiatives for food manufacturers ... "We know that when nitrites combine with the amines in meat, they create nitrosamines, which ...

When asked what Sodium Nitrite is typically used for, Feldman says most people will never see or use this product. “It’s ...

Tyler’s Law, named in honor of Tyler Schmidt, a 15-year-old boy from Camas, Clark County, who died by ingesting the chemical, bans the sale of sodium nitrite in concentrations over 10%.

This has led to strict regulations of nitrate and nitrite levels in food and drinking water. Kenneth McColl (Glasgow University) described the potential harmful effects of nitrate-derived gastric NO.