Mania and nitrated meat products

摘要

Khambadkone et al. [1] reported that nitrated meat productsare more commonly consumed by people who experiencemanic episodes than by normal controls and by people withother psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and major depression. This resultedafter compensating for age, race, socioeconomic status,body mass index, and cigarette smoking. Nitrated meatproducts included meat sticks including jerky. The authors’discussion focused on possible causation of mania byingested nitrate.