Comments by "ke6gwf - Ben Blackburn" (@ke6gwf) on "Paper-thin, no-stir omelettes" video.

  1. Basically the difference is that the nitrate levels and purity are carefully monitored and regulated in the "cured" products because they are regulated food additives, while the "uncured" products are preserved just the same with the nitrites, except it's via an unregulated and inconsistent strength "ingredient" that they usually have to add more of to ensure they get the minimum levels. So chances are that you are eating MORE of the nitrates and nitrites in the uncured products, but there is also a risk of food spoilage due to the inconsistent levels of nitrates in the celery sourced products. So it's all just marketing, no one cares about the health effects. It's like how since MSG gets a bad rap, it's not used very much, and instead there's lots of hydrolyzed soy protein or whatever, many different highly processed substances that are mostly MSG, but the MSG hasn't been specifically isolated so they can still call it something else. In this case, the celery juice is highly chemically processed and refined, so it bears no more resemblance to celery than cellophane plastic does to a tree, but because they don't refine it, they can still call it celery juice something. So many "natural" things are really no different than the "unnatural" version. And I am not taking a position on whether MSG or nitrates are harmful, I don't want Uncle Roger to get upset at me, but there are many things that are touted as natural that are in fact quite harmful, and many times the uniform lab created version is safer because it has a lot of harmful aspects removed. And other things it's exactly the opposite!
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