HOMEMADE DELI MEAT ✨ / full recipe IN COMMENTS 🙌🏻 / deli meats contain several ingredients that are bad for your health, including nitrates and nitrites, phosphates, processed additives chemical contaminants / you especially want to avoid nitrates, which are preservatives used in deli meats to prevent bacterial growth and preserve color. when digested, they can convert into nitrosamines which are known carcinogens / but don’t be fooled by meat labeled as “nitrate free”. these meats use natural