Vitamin E and Calcium May Curb Harms of Consuming Cured Meats

Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Curing meats is used for preservation but usually uses nitrates which are chemicals that have a cancer risk. In an animal study those supplemented with calcium had 67% lower levels of a material linked to cell damage and 52% less of  precancerous lessions. Vitamin E had 48% lower levels of precancerous lesions. (more…)