In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
>My local NBC morning news reported "from a reliable source"
>http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=609977 that sodium nitrate and
>sodium nitrite are heart healthy.
>
>Well I don't buy it. Quite possibly the most falsified study ever conducted
>in the history of food science.
>
>They're proven carcinogens since the early 1970s. Certainly not GRAS.

What do carcinogens have to do with a healthy heart?

Well, if you die of cancer before you have a heart attack then clearly
these chemicals prevent heart attacks... ;-)

Cheers, Phred.

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