Prevention Is Better Than Cured Meat
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2012-02-23

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DESCRIPTION: The levels of nitrosamines—considered the most carcinogenic agents in cigarette smoke—were recently measured in an array of processed meats including chicken, turkey, and pork. 

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Eating a plant-based diet can also help detoxify your body from some of the industrial pollutants found higher in the food chain, but it takes substantially longer than a few days. See Industrial Pollutants in Vegans (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/industrial-pollutants-in-vegans/) and Flame Retardant Chemical Contamination (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flame-retardant-chemical-contamination-2/). For a comparison of the levels of different carcinogens in meat, see Food Sources of PCB Chemical Pollutants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-sources-of-pcb-chemical-pollutants/), Carcinogenic Putrescine (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/carcinogenic-putrescine/), Hair Testing For Mercury (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/hair-testing-for-mercury/), Dioxins in the Food Supply (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/dioxins-in-the-food-supply/), and Carcinogens in Roasted Chicken (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/carcinogens-in-roasted-chicken/). See all 1,500 or so topics I cover here (http://nutritionfacts.org/topics/).

Please also check out my associated blog posts http://nutritionfacts.org/blog/2012/03/22/using-greens-to-improve-athletic-performance/ and http://nutritionfacts.org/blog/2012/03/15/harvards-meat-and-mortality-studies/!

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