----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]> > Don't eat foods with nitrites or nitrates like almost all ham and/or bacon. I > have found nitrite and nitrate free foods on occasion but I would think that > preserved foods like ham and bacon (and hotdogs etc.) would be off the paleo > menu. Steve, you're so right. I don't eat food w/ nitrates at home but I do when I am having breakfast at a restaurant, which I do ea. Friday w/ friends. It is hard to find anything to eat for b'fast at local restaurants. I have been carrying fruit (vit C) in my purse thinking that it would counteract the nitrates/nitrites. Apparently I was wrong all these years.... So... other than eggs (non-organic) & the fruit I carry, what can I eat? Maybe I can ask for a salad. That said, I like my daily breakfast to be my high protein meal. Kath in NM Kath