Conventional clean-eating wisdom has it that nitrates and nitrites are bad—really bad. ... researchers discovered that when meat containing sodium nitrite is heated above 266°F, ...

The bill would ban the sale of high-potency sodium nitrite — more than 10% pure — to Coloradans, except approved commercial businesses, in a bid to slow deaths in a state that regularly has ...

Among patients who had an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, intravenous sodium nitrite given by paramedics during resuscitation did not significantly improve their chances of being admitted to or ...

Nitrates and nitrites are attached to sodium or potassium, and belong to a family of chemically related molecules that also includes the gas nitric oxide. Vegetables such as beetroot, ...

Giving heart attack patients sodium nitrite just before performing a procedure to open blocked arteries doesn't significantly reduce heart muscle damage, according to a late-breaking clinical ...

Sodium Nitrite’s Dark Side. Sodium nitrite and its cousin sodium nitrate, which serves the same function, don’t have the best reputation. Many animal studies link high doses of nitrites with a ...

Dietary nitrates/nitrites from food additives were associated with greater risk for hypertension vs. naturally occurring nitrates/nitrites in food and water, researchers reported. In addition ...

Both processed meat and vegetables these compounds, so why could former be more likely to cause cancer? Richard Hoffman has the answer ...