Trevor eats red meat just about every day.It is not the sodium nitrate in the meat he eats that is a carcinogen but ________ that are formed when he digests the sodium nitrates.

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When sodium nitrates are ingested, they can be converted into nitrites in the body. These nitrites can then react with amino acids in the stomach to form nitrosamines, which are known carcinogens. Therefore, it is the nitrosamines that form during digestion that are the concern, not the sodium nitrates themselves. The other options listed (cholimines, nitroamylates, and acetylcholines) are not related to the formation of carcinogens from sodium nitrates.

Trevor Eats Red Meat Just About Every Day