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Alzheimers and Nitrates
https://www.newsmax.com/health/nitrat...07/232710.html
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Nitrates in Environment May Cause Alzheimer�s, Diabetes
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 9:48 AM
By: Sylvia Booth Hubbard
Researchers have found a link between nitrates in the environment and increased deaths from Alzheimer�s, diabetes, and Parkinson�s and other diseases of aging.
The study, published in the �Journal of Alzheimer�s Disease,� found strong parallels between deaths and exposure to nitrates, nitrites and nitrosamines due to processed and preserved foods as well as fertilizers.
Nitrates are found in many food products including bacon, cured meats, cheese products, beer and water. Nitrates are generated by the high temperatures of frying and grilling, and our bodies make nitrates in the highly acid conditions of the stomach. Nitrates also get into our body through fertilizers, pesticides, contaminated water supplies and cosmetics as well as through the manufacturing and processing of rubber and latex products. Over 90 percent of nitrates tested have been found to cause cancer in various organs of the body.
�We have become a �nitrosamine generation,�� said Suzanne de la Monte, MD and professor of pathology and lab medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. �In essence, we have moved to a diet that is rich in amines and nitrates, which lead to increased nitrosamine production. We receive increased exposure through the abundant use of nitrate-containing fertilizers for agriculture.
�Not only do we consume them in processed foods, but they get into our food supply by leeching from the soil and contaminating water supplies used for crop irrigation, food processing and drinking.�
Nitrosamines are formed in the body as a result of a chemical reaction between nitrates or other proteins. Nitrosamines cause harm on the cellular level, changing gene expression and altering DNA. Researchers believe that the changes are similar to those that occur with aging, as well as with Alzheimer�s, Parkinson�s and type 2 diabetes.
Dr. de la Monte says, �All of these diseases are associated with increased insulin resistance and DNA damage. Their prevalence rates have all increased radically over the past several decades and show no sign of plateau.�
She believes that the dramatic increase in Alzheimer�s and other related disease is due to increased exposure rather than an increase in genetic changes. �Because of the similar trending in nearly all age groups within each disease category, this indicates that these overall trends are not due to an aging population.
�This relatively short time interval for such dramatic increases in death rates associated with these diseases is more consistent with exposure-related causes rather than genetic changes. Moreover, the strikingly higher and climbing mortality rates in older age brackets suggest that aging and/or longer durations of exposure have greater impacts on progression and severity of these diseases.
�If this hypothesis is correct,� de la Monte says, �potential solutions include eliminating the use of nitrites and nitrates in food processing, preservation and agriculture; taking steps to prevent the formation of nitrosamines and employing safe and effective measures to detoxify food and water before human consumption.�
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Previous research at Duke University has also shown that Nitrates are involved in pancreatic cancer, the disease that killed Farrah Fawcett.
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