"mm" > wrote in message
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> On Feb 27, 10:52 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
>> "Dan Goodman" > wrote in message
>>
>> . net...
>>
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > On the other pan of the scale: 1) MSG is unhealthy for at least some
>> > people.
>>
>> > 2) I recall a NYTimes article on an area in China where people have a
>> > relatively high cancer rate -- apparently thanks to eating mostly
>> > pickled vegetables.
>> > Dan Goodman
>>
>> That was the subject of a Nova show several years ago. During the
>> pickling
>> process, foam formed on the surface of the liquid. The villagers
>> considered
>> it a delicacy, a form of condiment. Unfortunately, it contained huge
>> amounts
>> of nitrites or nitrates (I don't recall which). People in the village
>> were
>> developing esophageal cancer in outrageous numbers, far beyond worldwide
>> averages. It was one of the rare times the Chinese requested assistance
>> from
>> Western doctors & researchers, who found the cause in a matter of days. A
>> year later, the decrease in the disease was so significant that they
>> thought
>> the numbers were in error. But, they found the numbers to be correct
>> after
>> further review.
>
>
> I don't eat pickled stuff much but ma I to throw away my pickles for
> hamburgers if it is not used within a few months.
>

No. You're not making the pickles, right?