Miracle drug in hot dogs?

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted Sep 12th 2005 @ 11:01PM

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health are experimenting with sodium nitrite—a common hot dog preservative—as a treatment for a variety of ailments such as sickle cell anemia, heart attacks and brain aneurisms.

Nitrite may be able to help problems with low oxygen, which can contribute to some of the problems mentioned above.

"The idea it's bad for you has not played out," said one researcher of the oft-maligned preservative. "The fact it was linked to hot dogs gave it a bad name."

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9-13-2005 @6:42AM Strixus said... Hmm. So what does this mean for those of us with nitrate alergies?
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9-13-2005 @9:24AM Peter said... It means you're going to die. ;)
I don't really think eating a lot of hot dogs is going to help anyone live longer. It's just like your mom used to say "everything in moderation."
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