Scan the bacon section at your local Whole Foods and you’d be forgiven for thinking that nitrites and nitrates had been banished definitively from the land of natural and organic groceries. Package ...

These chemicals are found in everything from bacon and sausage to beets and celery — but how you consume them matters. Here‘s what the research says. Nitrates and nitrites are naturally occurring ...

Richard is the author of two books: The Mediterranean Diet: Health and Science and More Healthy Years - Why a Mediterranean Diet is best for you and for the planet. Many of us know that we should ...