Sodium Nitrate Could Be Disease Cure
AP - Could the salt that preserves hot dogs also preserve your health? Scientists at the National Institutes of Health think so. They've begun infusing sodium nitrite into volunteers in hopes that it could prove a cheap but potent treatment for sickle cell anemia, heart attacks, brain aneurysms, even an illness that suffocates babies.
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This makes me curious. My blood pressure is highly effected by salt/sodium intake. Since I cant intake large amounts of sodium, and sodium nitrate is included in that, would I still be able to accept this treatment. I also cant be sure that sodium nitrate would have the same effect on my body.