Updated food standards released by the New York City Health Department and the Mayor’s Office of Food Policy (MOFP) are set to ban processed meats in public
I first became aware of nitrites and nitrates during my years as an aquarist/fishkeeper.
Nitrites and Nitrates are deadly to the fish population in an aquarium.
Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate: (The Nitrogen Cycle)
You do tank cycling when setting up an aquaium, by adding Ammonia to the water, to start developing nitrites and then nitrates, regularly testing until the ammonia and nitries are at zero, and the nitrates less than 20ppm.
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Nitrites are NO2 …Nitrates are NO3
Nitrate is an intermediate oxidation state between Ammonium NH4+ and N2 gas in the Nitrogen cycle.
Nitrites are toxic to fish above 0ppm
Nitrates are safe up to 20ppm.
This is why aquarists accidentally kill their fish in the early days of setting up their aquarium.
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If they kill fish what is the harm to humans.
Here in the UK I only eat cured meat that has no nitrites or nitrates.
Over the last 10 years, I have seen an explosion of companies offering nitrate and nitrite free products.
The bacon, sausages and Prosciutto I eat, is cured with apple juice.
A few years ago the EU brought in legislation to substantially reduce or remove nitrite and nitrate use from the food industry.
I’m all for reducing the cancer risk using an apple juice substitute.
Plus its of benefit to those on ketogenic diets, as we do consume a huge amount of meats, especially bacon for breakfast.
good news for new yorkers
I first became aware of nitrites and nitrates during my years as an aquarist/fishkeeper.
Nitrites and Nitrates are deadly to the fish population in an aquarium.
Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate: (The Nitrogen Cycle)
You do tank cycling when setting up an aquaium, by adding Ammonia to the water, to start developing nitrites and then nitrates, regularly testing until the ammonia and nitries are at zero, and the nitrates less than 20ppm.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++=
Nitrites are NO2 …Nitrates are NO3
Nitrate is an intermediate oxidation state between Ammonium NH4+ and N2 gas in the Nitrogen cycle.
Nitrites are toxic to fish above 0ppm
Nitrates are safe up to 20ppm.
This is why aquarists accidentally kill their fish in the early days of setting up their aquarium.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
If they kill fish what is the harm to humans.
Here in the UK I only eat cured meat that has no nitrites or nitrates.
Over the last 10 years, I have seen an explosion of companies offering nitrate and nitrite free products.
The bacon, sausages and Prosciutto I eat, is cured with apple juice.
A few years ago the EU brought in legislation to substantially reduce or remove nitrite and nitrate use from the food industry.
I’m all for reducing the cancer risk using an apple juice substitute.
Plus its of benefit to those on ketogenic diets, as we do consume a huge amount of meats, especially bacon for breakfast.