• hperrin@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    If the rates have been rising, wouldn’t that prove it’s not processed meats like these? It would be something that’s being introduced at a steady rate lately, not something that’s been around for centuries.

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      2 days ago

      Nitrites have being slowly “introduced” at a steady rate lately

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        2 days ago

        If the problem is nitrites, then the problem is not processed meats, it’s nitrites. Therefore, the headline is wrong. Kinda like the problem with making hats was not making hats, but mercury exposure.

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          7 hours ago

          But

          Nitrites are an important component in seasoned and processed meat as a stabiliser and relatively important ingredient.

          And I know you love carchuterie or salami or whatever other kind of seasoned or processed meat there is because there’s always a lot of it in every supermaket, as much as vegetable and relatively more than lean chicken breast and meat.

          When we take these as an example we mean that this kind of meat is on average worse than others. Not that red meat on its own is also that much better.

          Our ancestors used to have one or two portions of meat weekly because they farmed it themselves, that’all they had, and we have portion of meat daily in what we call western diet. We can’t keep up with the mediterranean diet and the okinawa diet without understanding the basics of these.

          Also, the environmental impact of this product is high.

    • iegod@lemmy.zip
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      It is likely many factors at once but it’s also important not to assume causation where there is a correlation. Keep in mind also our mechanism of detection is better now than it’s ever been.