<H does some research>
OK, it looks to me as though we are all DOOMED, DOOMED I TELL YOU!!
Wait...I'm better now.
Friends, it would be nice to have the perfect answer, but for now we have these:
1) veges reduce cancer. If we are eating more, even if they are a bit less healthy for us due to higher nitrates, I think we are better off.
2) Some research has shown that "harvesting the spinach at the end of a day, after it has been exposed to daylight for 12 hours, reduced the levels of nitrate by more than 20 percent. This may well be true of other vegetables, many scientists believe." Since most of us do not eat veges for breakfast, harvest just before you eat.
3) holding veges after picking or cooking increases nitrites, so pick and eat soon. Don't wait days.
4) A lot of the same goes for fish: since nitrites increase after harvest, we APers get lower nitrites due to eating the buggers very fresh.
5) Fish is a lot better than preserved meat, at least from a health standpoint.
6) Hoist a beer. It has nitrites, but you won't worry as much after drinking it. Now, have another!
Everybody dies of something eventually. The benefits of growing our own plants and fish will rule out any possible negatives.
