Salami may be good for you - not for children.

Sodium Nitrite is a very interesting substance. Sodium nitrite, present

in salami and other cured meats, is helpful to people who

have brain oxygen problems such as dementia, heart issues --

and there's even a study where the researchers are trying to

use sodium nitrite to help ppl live longer by, as the

researcher jokes, "turn people's organs into hot dogs".

Sounds gross, but really, if they can find the magical amount

(where less does nothing and more is cancerous) - that 'just

right' amount could help preserve our muscle tissues, feed

the brain necessary oxygen, etc. Too much oxygen is bad, too

little is bad. tiny bits of sodium nitrite opens the blood

vessels. (look at viagra, which is chemically very similar to sodium nitrite (as is saltpeter) - Viagra's popularity should produce a large

population to use for a future study to see if there is a

link between viagra and cancer. I think the increased brain

cancer in children who eat too many hot dogs might be due to

the blood vessels opening up via the nitrites, which allows

too mujch oxygen to flow into the brain - and too much oxygen

(along with the "preserving" process happening when the

person is too young) causes the growing cells to keep

growing, never dying - and we know that a cell that divides

and never dies *is* cancer. Gotta find that magic balance

and our lifespans will increase, cancer free. Ken, Naples,

FL

Thoughts?