Beef Jerky and Other Processed Meats Linked with Mania

A study of the dietary habits of more than 1,000 people with and without psychiatric disorders has found a link between eating nitrated cured meats such as beef jerky and meat sticks, and episodes of mania, a serious neuropsychological disorder that is one of the defining characteristics of bipolar disorder (BPD). Results from the study, which was led by Robert H. Yolken, M.D., Theodore and Vada Stanley distinguished professor of neurovirology in pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School