Crazy. I always make the joke that bacon is my favorite vegetable, I guess now it really is…. 

 Shocking!  And yet I shouldn’t be surprised.  Good thing I don’t eat any on the list except for bacon 😜 

 Most bacon contains nitrites too. They add nitrates to aid water retention and nitrites to preserve color. The latter have been linked to cancer apparently.

Veg will only contain nitrates. 

 Your salivary glands are making nitrites in your mouth as you sit reading this. Nitrates & Nitrites are both good for you... 

 I understand nitrite/nitrate is actually beneficial because microbial and stomach acid convert it into nitric oxide which have a lot of benefits.

But I think the real attacking point is nitrosamines (which is a real cancer molecule I guess ?) that occured when there’s high heat + protein + nitrate/nitrite.

But regulations try to inhibit this reaction by force many manufacturers to add INS 300 (ascorbic acid) into these processed meat ? 

 But benefits from these process meat would outweigh the associated risk anyways in my opinion 😅