Eating Bacon...good or bad on a diet
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jennifer_417 wrote: »
The only thing that matters for weight loss is calories. Eat the bacon!
OMG I LOVE THIS!!!
BTW, a diet without bacon is not one worth following.. just saying.7 -
Serious question for the bacon eaters...
Does the fact that's it's a #1 carcinogen worry anyone? I mean once in awhile I see it but eating often would worry me.
As a side note I don't eat meat for various reasons but when I did bacon was a staple for several years.0 -
leanjogreen18 wrote: »Serious question for the bacon eaters...
Does the fact that's it's a #1 carcinogen worry anyone? I mean once in awhile I see it but eating often would worry me.
As a side note I don't eat meat for various reasons but when I did bacon was a staple for several years.
None of us come out of this alive.10 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »leanjogreen18 wrote: »Serious question for the bacon eaters...
Does the fact that's it's a #1 carcinogen worry anyone? I mean once in awhile I see it but eating often would worry me.
As a side note I don't eat meat for various reasons but when I did bacon was a staple for several years.
None of us come out of this alive.
So true.2 -
It's only bad if it's turkey bacon.
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Chef_Barbell wrote: »glenelliott5872 wrote: »I love the party line that others have written but the truth is that it is very difficult to know precisely how much fat is in bacon. Personally I love it and eat bacon often but I now go for leaner bacon and I cut off obvious fat. Eating fat is fine if you can count it but it can be difficult. Fried eggs are great too but I love poached so why have fried
It's on the package. Not hard to figure out at all.
Except that most of us drain off at least some of the fat that cooks out of the bacon. Which actually makes bacon a great diet food because it's one of the few foods that I know I am underestimating the calories of (unless I then use the fat to cook greens). And I haven't yet found a way to add negative calories for the bacon fat not eaten.2 -
leanjogreen18 wrote: »Serious question for the bacon eaters...
Does the fact that's it's a #1 carcinogen worry anyone? I mean once in awhile I see it but eating often would worry me.
As a side note I don't eat meat for various reasons but when I did bacon was a staple for several years.
Not in the least. Everything in moderation. And the fact it's been categorized as a known carcinogen, alongside tobacco, alcohol, sunbathing, and outdoor air pollution, only means it can cause cancer, but doesn't mean it's as dangerous as these other entries.
"The group found that each additional 50 grams—roughly two strips of bacon per day—raised one’s risk of bowel cancer by 18 percent, but that means the overall risk is only multiplied by 1.18 percent."
On the other hand smoking a pack of cigarettes a day can increase the risk by more than 50%, and for every 10 grams of alcohol consumed per day, there was a small (7 percent) increase in the risk of colorectal cancer.
I don't smoke, I don't drink...I eat bacon
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SusanMFindlay wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »glenelliott5872 wrote: »I love the party line that others have written but the truth is that it is very difficult to know precisely how much fat is in bacon. Personally I love it and eat bacon often but I now go for leaner bacon and I cut off obvious fat. Eating fat is fine if you can count it but it can be difficult. Fried eggs are great too but I love poached so why have fried
It's on the package. Not hard to figure out at all.
Except that most of us drain off at least some of the fat that cooks out of the bacon. Which actually makes bacon a great diet food because it's one of the few foods that I know I am underestimating the calories of (unless I then use the fat to cook greens). And I haven't yet found a way to add negative calories for the bacon fat not eaten.
I use the bacon fat to make other things. So I figure the calories even out since I technically logged the fat at some point.4 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »SusanMFindlay wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »glenelliott5872 wrote: »I love the party line that others have written but the truth is that it is very difficult to know precisely how much fat is in bacon. Personally I love it and eat bacon often but I now go for leaner bacon and I cut off obvious fat. Eating fat is fine if you can count it but it can be difficult. Fried eggs are great too but I love poached so why have fried
It's on the package. Not hard to figure out at all.
Except that most of us drain off at least some of the fat that cooks out of the bacon. Which actually makes bacon a great diet food because it's one of the few foods that I know I am underestimating the calories of (unless I then use the fat to cook greens). And I haven't yet found a way to add negative calories for the bacon fat not eaten.
I use the bacon fat to make other things. So I figure the calories even out since I technically logged the fat at some point.
My ex in-laws were from the Netherlands, and they'd make a version of Boerenkool which consisted of mashed potatoes, kale, and plenty of bacon grease. My mother-in-law said it was a winter staple for them. Oh, and it was delicious.9 -
leanjogreen18 wrote: »Serious question for the bacon eaters...
Does the fact that's it's a #1 carcinogen worry anyone? I mean once in awhile I see it but eating often would worry me.
As a side note I don't eat meat for various reasons but when I did bacon was a staple for several years.
Considering a large portion of my family members have lived into their upper 90's and early 100's while eating these types of foods for long periods of time... I am going to say nope. And then taking into consideration that obesity, inactivity and genetics have a much greater impact on your health, I am willing to take the extra 1% risk or whatever it would be that eating bacon alone will cause health issues, especially since I have a diet high in fruits, veggies, whole grains and lean meats.10 -
leanjogreen18 wrote: »Serious question for the bacon eaters...
Does the fact that's it's a #1 carcinogen worry anyone? I mean once in awhile I see it but eating often would worry me.
As a side note I don't eat meat for various reasons but when I did bacon was a staple for several years.
Nope - as a scientist I have reviewed the data the WHO allegedly reviewed in making this classification and find it laughable.15 -
butterfli7o wrote: »It's only bad if it's turkey bacon.
YES. Center-cut all the way. I know some folks like turkey bacon, but I would so much rather have center-cut regular bacon for approx. the same number of calories.5 -
I am down just over 53 lbs and I eat bacon and eggs 5+ times a week. Just log it and stay in your calorie goal5
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SusanMFindlay wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »glenelliott5872 wrote: »I love the party line that others have written but the truth is that it is very difficult to know precisely how much fat is in bacon. Personally I love it and eat bacon often but I now go for leaner bacon and I cut off obvious fat. Eating fat is fine if you can count it but it can be difficult. Fried eggs are great too but I love poached so why have fried
It's on the package. Not hard to figure out at all.
Except that most of us drain off at least some of the fat that cooks out of the bacon. Which actually makes bacon a great diet food because it's one of the few foods that I know I am underestimating the calories of (unless I then use the fat to cook greens). And I haven't yet found a way to add negative calories for the bacon fat not eaten.
I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the Calories in pan-fried bacon exclude the fat that is rendered in the cooking process.
In the below side-by-side comparison of the USDA entries for raw bacon and pan-fried cooked bacon, note the protein per slice of raw versus cooked pan-fried is nearly the same (the difference results from the lab taking the average of a number of tests), whereas the Calories and fat grams are much lower. This indicates that the USDA labs are taking a 28g slice of raw bacon with 117 Calories, cooking it, draining the fat, and the result, on average, is an 11.5g slice of pan-fried cooked bacon with 54 Calories.
I noticed this two years ago, and I now drain away and save the rendered bacon fat. When I use it for cooking, I log the rendered fat in MFP as "Pork - Bacon, rendered fat, cooked (bacon drippings)."
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I eat bacon every other day and I am still losing weight. CICO
I lovvvvvveeeeeeee BACON!!!!2 -
leanjogreen18 wrote: »Serious question for the bacon eaters...
Does the fact that's it's a #1 carcinogen worry anyone? I mean once in awhile I see it but eating often would worry me.
As a side note I don't eat meat for various reasons but when I did bacon was a staple for several years.
No. The "science" almost all of these nutrition recommendations are based on is disgraceful.4 -
crzycatlady1 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »did you really expect people to say bacon is good diet food
? lol. Eat it just log it 
Why is it bad diet food? I don't eat diet food, I just eat food. The tastiest options I can fit into my calorie goal.
I've never understood why bacon gets such a bad rap, two slices of regular bacon are under 100 cals. That's pretty easy to fit into my breakfast on a regular basis. It's the eating bacon in excess, just like any other food, that becomes the issue...
Yesterday I took leftover bacon and added it to a Lean Cuisine Grilled Chicken Caesar entree, along with some frozen veggies, and it was amazing! Better than the pasta dish I regularly get at a local restaurant. Very filling and it came in under 400 calories!
?? I don't understand. What is this "leftover bacon" of which you speak?17 -
leanjogreen18 wrote: »Serious question for the bacon eaters...
Does the fact that's it's a #1 carcinogen worry anyone? I mean once in awhile I see it but eating often would worry me.
As a side note I don't eat meat for various reasons but when I did bacon was a staple for several years.
Nah. Everything's a carcinogen these days.
I love bacon and my 500cal bacon and cheese sandwich is one of my lunches that I rotate in and out of my menus regularly.0 -
leanjogreen18 wrote: »Serious question for the bacon eaters...
Does the fact that's it's a #1 carcinogen worry anyone? I mean once in awhile I see it but eating often would worry me.
As a side note I don't eat meat for various reasons but when I did bacon was a staple for several years.
Aging is THE #1 carcinogen.
I am avoiding getting older at all costs. And I eat bacon.
Life is already too short to worry about this stuff. If I spent my life avoiding the deliciousness of bacon because cancer, and tomorrow I got run over by a tractor, my dying thought would be "I should've eaten more bacon."
I don't want to be that person.11 -
leanjogreen18 wrote: »Serious question for the bacon eaters...
Does the fact that's it's a #1 carcinogen worry anyone? I mean once in awhile I see it but eating often would worry me.
As a side note I don't eat meat for various reasons but when I did bacon was a staple for several years.
Actually, if you look at the studies and not articles, your risk goes up by a pretty infinitesimal amount...overall risk is multiplied by 1.2% or something like that...
That said, I only eat bacon probably a couple of times in a given month...usually a random Saturday or Sunday...I've never quite understood the obsession myself. I'd actually much prefer some good breakfast sausage...but nobody in my family seems to like that unless we're camping for some reason.1 -
I am also pretty sure that my risk of dying in a car crash is exponentially higher than from eating bacon. Doesn't stop me from driving, so why give up something as awesome as bacon. And there is NO WAY I am switching to turkey "bacon". It's just wrong.6
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It makes me sad that the "OMG bacon is a carcinogen" thing has been blown up so that people are scared of the amazingness that is bacon. The media made such a big deal of "Increases cancer risk 18%!!!" and did not make clear that in real terms, that equated to 3/10s of stuff all.3
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Damn. I want bacon now.3
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »crzycatlady1 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »did you really expect people to say bacon is good diet food ? lol. Eat it just log it
Why is it bad diet food? I don't eat diet food, I just eat food. The tastiest options I can fit into my calorie goal.
I've never understood why bacon gets such a bad rap, two slices of regular bacon are under 100 cals. That's pretty easy to fit into my breakfast on a regular basis. It's the eating bacon in excess, just like any other food, that becomes the issue...
Yesterday I took leftover bacon and added it to a Lean Cuisine Grilled Chicken Caesar entree, along with some frozen veggies, and it was amazing! Better than the pasta dish I regularly get at a local restaurant. Very filling and it came in under 400 calories!
?? I don't understand. What is this "leftover bacon" of which you speak?
I think we witnessed the birth of a new myth that will forever be thrown around on MFP.2 -
crzycatlady1 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »did you really expect people to say bacon is good diet food ? lol. Eat it just log it
Why is it bad diet food? I don't eat diet food, I just eat food. The tastiest options I can fit into my calorie goal.
I've never understood why bacon gets such a bad rap, two slices of regular bacon are under 100 cals. That's pretty easy to fit into my breakfast on a regular basis. It's the eating bacon in excess, just like any other food, that becomes the issue...
Yesterday I took leftover bacon and added it to a Lean Cuisine Grilled Chicken Caesar entree, along with some frozen veggies, and it was amazing! Better than the pasta dish I regularly get at a local restaurant. Very filling and it came in under 400 calories!
The bolded. What means this?
ETA: Now that I have read the whole thread, I see this has been asked, but not yet answered.
I agree it could become another MFP myth "they myth of the leftover bacon"
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »crzycatlady1 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »did you really expect people to say bacon is good diet food ? lol. Eat it just log it
Why is it bad diet food? I don't eat diet food, I just eat food. The tastiest options I can fit into my calorie goal.
I've never understood why bacon gets such a bad rap, two slices of regular bacon are under 100 cals. That's pretty easy to fit into my breakfast on a regular basis. It's the eating bacon in excess, just like any other food, that becomes the issue...
Yesterday I took leftover bacon and added it to a Lean Cuisine Grilled Chicken Caesar entree, along with some frozen veggies, and it was amazing! Better than the pasta dish I regularly get at a local restaurant. Very filling and it came in under 400 calories!
?? I don't understand. What is this "leftover bacon" of which you speak?
I think we witnessed the birth of a new myth that will forever be thrown around on MFP.
Ha, yes we actually do have leftover bacon when I make up a package
There's 5 of us and two of my kids don't like it (weirdos!). I usually throw in the leftovers with whatever I'm eating for lunch the next day. 2 -
crzycatlady1 wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »crzycatlady1 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »did you really expect people to say bacon is good diet food ? lol. Eat it just log it
Why is it bad diet food? I don't eat diet food, I just eat food. The tastiest options I can fit into my calorie goal.
I've never understood why bacon gets such a bad rap, two slices of regular bacon are under 100 cals. That's pretty easy to fit into my breakfast on a regular basis. It's the eating bacon in excess, just like any other food, that becomes the issue...
Yesterday I took leftover bacon and added it to a Lean Cuisine Grilled Chicken Caesar entree, along with some frozen veggies, and it was amazing! Better than the pasta dish I regularly get at a local restaurant. Very filling and it came in under 400 calories!
?? I don't understand. What is this "leftover bacon" of which you speak?
I think we witnessed the birth of a new myth that will forever be thrown around on MFP.
Ha, yes we actually do have leftover bacon when I make up a package There's 5 of us and two of my kids don't like it (weirdos!). I usually throw in the leftovers with whatever I'm eating for lunch the next day.
You're baconing wrong. You're supposed to cook all the bacon, eat all the bacon, and buy more bacon. Rinse, repeat.
It is so good in other dishes though!3
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