The most nitrate-rich food is beetroot, he said.
However, he also recommended the following foods:
- Spinach
- Rhubarb
- Celery
- Lettuce
- Watercress
- Rocket
- Fennel
- Leek
- Parsley
- Celeriac
- Chinese cabbage.
He added: “Nitrates in plant foods are not to be confused with nitrates added to processed meats to preserve the meat, enhance its flavour, and impart the ‘desirable’ pink colour.
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“In processed meats, the nitrites react with the amines in the meat during processing, curing, storage, and cooking to form nitrosamines, which are known carcinogens – a mechanism thought to explain processed meat’s links with colorectal cancer.
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Source: Daily Express
