I haven't listened to the interview because I'm at work, but I'm wondering
how he made that correlation.  What studies does he cite?  What mechanism
would nitrates play in causing diabetes?  I have a tough time believing it
would be the nitrates.  Rather, I would think that looking at the rest of
the diet of people who eat bacon would be more telling.
Michelle
> In the discussion, he mentioned nitrates, especially those as
> found in cured and smoked foods, were a strong risk factor
> for developing diabetes, and he listed bacon at the top of the
> list of offending foods.
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