Depends on your sodium level.... and whether you think nitrates cause cancer.....

but for years they were telling us that eating food with cholesterol was bad for us. Now my doctor says "eat two eggs a day, it has stuff in it that's vital for brain function." That would be choline and B vitamins -- eggs are about as close to a perfect food as you can get.

seriously it's smart, if you're going to eat processed meats, to try to get the stuff that does NOT have nitrates/nitrities -- it's pretty easy to find these days.