Nitrate is found naturally in vegetables, with the highest concentrations in leafy vegetables like spinach and lettuce. It can also enter the food chain as an environmental contaminant in water.

Nitrites found in processed meats like bacon and sausage have been linked with an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to a French study. Michael Macor San Francisco Chronicle via AP ...

The statement and subsequent plan to reduce nitrates and nitrites in foods has raised a lot of questions about the link between deli meats and colon cancer. Here’s what you need to know.

Nitrites in processed foods can damage the body’s ability to make insulin, increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.

The researchers observed that total nitrites and foods and water-originated nitrites were both positively associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes. But participants that had the higher ...

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 ...

Of the cohort, 73.9% were exposed to sodium nitrite as a food additive and 31.6% were exposed to potassium nitrate. During a median follow-up of 7.3 years, there were 969 new cases of type 2 diabetes.

Key foods contributing to foods-originated nitrite and nitrate exposure comprised vegetables and vegetable-based meals (41.0% and 60.0%, respectively), followed by processed meat for nitrite ...

Nitrite and nitrate exposure was deduced from 24-hour dietary recalls linked with a food composition database. Over the course of the follow-up period, a total of 969 new cases of type 2 diabetes ...

Consuming a large amount of nitrites from food additives versus none was associated with a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the NutriNet-Santé study in France, researchers report.