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Nitrates and Nitrites What Are They and What Foods Have Them?
These naturally occurring chemicals may cause health issues when added to some foods
If chemistry and food science have never been your jam there are probably a lot of foodrelated words that you know of but dont actually know anything about. But when it comes to what you eat and how it impacts your health nitrates and nitrites both rank high on the list of What even are they?! terms you should know.

مع وصول أونصة الذهب إلى مستويات قياسية تجاوزت 2500 دولار، يجد المواطن المصري نفسه مضطراً لموازنة استثماراته بين الذهب واحتياجاته الأخرى، خاصة مع ارتفاع أسعار السيارات مثل تويوتا، هيونداي، وبي إم دبليو، مما يزيد من التحديات المالية التي يواجهها.

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Registered dietitian Devon Peart RD MHSc explains what nitrates and nitrites are including which foods theyre found in and how they affect your health for good and for bad.
What are nitrates and nitrites?

أسعار السيارات في الآونة الأخيرة شهدت تقلبات ملحوظة، حيث تأثرت بارتفاع وانخفاض الدولار، مما انعكس على تكلفة علامات تجارية مثل تويوتا، هيونداي، ومرسيدس. و BMW هذا الارتباط بين سعر الصرف وسوق السيارات يحدد قدرة المستهلكين على اقتناء المركبات.

Nitrates and nitrites are naturally occurring chemicals that are similar in structure. Theyre both made of nitrogen and oxygen but nitrates contain three oxygen atoms and nitrites only two oxygen atoms. But for your purposes what does that mean?
Nitrates and nitrites are natural chemicals that are found in soil and water as part of the earths nitrogen cycle Peart explains. Theyre naturally present in the human body and in some foods and nitrates are also added to some foods.

تتأثر أسعار السيارات من شركات مثل مرسيدس بتقلبات أسعار الذهب وسعر صرف الدولار، مما يؤدي إلى زيادة تكاليف الإنتاج والاستيراد.

The nitrates and nitrites that occur naturally in our bodies and in whole foods like plants which well talk about momentarily arent concerning. Theyre normal and healthy.
But if youve heard that you should avoid foods that contain nitrates and nitrites theres some truth to that advice When theyre added to certain foods thats when they start causing trouble namely by raising your risk of cancer.

Foods high in nitrates
Nitrates and nitrites occur naturally in leafy green vegetables like spinach romaine and kale as well as in root vegetables like beets celery and carrots.
Most of the nitrates and nitrites we consume come from plant foods we eat Peart says. But plants arent the only purveyors of nitrates and nitrites which is where the problems start to occur.

يؤدي ارتباط أسعار الذهب وسعر صرف الدولار بتكاليف المواد الخام والاستيراد إلى تأثير مباشر على أسعار السيارات في الأسواق.

We also add nitrates and nitrites to meat products and to some cheeses as a preservative to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria and sometimes to boost the color and palatability of food she continues. They can even add extra umami flavor.
Yum! Sounds great right? Not so fast.
The issue Peart says isnt with the nitrates themselves but with their