What's wrong with REAL bacon?

As a Diabetic with restrictions, you would think I have bad things to say about bacon. Nope! I have 2 pieces a few times a week with my oatmeal or egg beater egg whites. I do however, pick either the center cut bacon (which is more meat and less fat) or the less sodium. I think it's the portion control that gets poeple all out of whack. I mean it's actually better for me to have egg beater egg whites scrambled with bacon then it is to have a cup of cereal. I am trying to limit my carbs to lower my blood glucose numbers.

Used to love the stuff. Now if I try it I feel as if I'm chomping on a salt stick. I still cook/bake with it though because few things give that smoky flavor.

Used to love the stuff. Now if I try it I feel as if I'm chomping on a salt stick. I still cook/bake with it though because few things give that smoky flavor.

Get uncured bacon. Its fresh meat and delicious and no nitrates.

I love bacon, but it is a processed food. Indulge once in a while, don't feel bad about it. I don't consider any food "off limits" but I am learning to make better choices.

Trader Joe's... uncured. But really anything that you cook and add spices to becomes processed. So I just take the good with the bad. I'm processing all of my foods once I get them home anyhow so I just get uncured, no nitrate or nitrite bacon and enjoy it with a couple whole eggs straight from my Grandparent's farm.

I disagree. Because of the heart attack I had at 37 I have to watch my cholesterol intake. Thankfully, it's lower now but I also take a medication for it. I do better eating egg whites sanz the yoke. I was eating 2 eggs before but it just sucked up all my fat and cholesterol points and left me lacking later in the day for choices I liked. In the end I alternate between egg white breakfast and oatmeal with fruit.

I disagree. Because of the heart attack I had at 37 I have to watch my cholesterol intake. Thankfully, it's lower now but I also take a medication for it. I do better eating egg whites sanz the yoke. I was eating 2 eggs before but it just sucked up all my fat and cholesterol points and left me lacking later in the day for choices I liked. In the end I alternate between egg white breakfast and oatmeal with fruit.

Are you aware that the more cholesterol you eat the less your body makes, therefore your cholesterol will drop.

Egg yolks do not cause high cholesterol nor do they contribute to heart disease or heart attacks. That is old outdated information.

The inflammation is most likely caused from too much sugar, starches and grains.

I am so glad that my dad has a sensible heart doctor and has him on a grain free, sugar free diet and he eats whole eggs every single day with BACON!! My dad's doctor has a degree in Naturopathic nutrition and is also a cardiologist, there fore he puts his patients on a whole foods plan which includes plentiful proteins, fats, vegetables, and some fruit.

His heart is actually repairing itself and the scarring is healing too.

yeah - I tried turkey bacon once trying to make a healthy choice. When you really look at the turkey "bacon" and realize what they had to do it to even TRY to look like bacon, let alone taste like bacon...I tried a few slices and then threw out the rest!

I will stick to whole foods that are processed the least for my body.

Love me some bacon...on green beans...with smokies...baked beans...with eggs.! The only way I was able to eat the turkey bacon was in TBLT form(that's turkey talk for BLT). The tomatoes and lettuce helped somehow!

its not a brilliant choice of meat healthwise. Highly processed, salty and carcinogenic, but it sure tastes good, and caloriewise its not too bad

That is why we get farm fresh uncured bacon that is not processed at all and taste better than the processed bacon in the grocery stores.

I personally prefer the taste of turkey/chicken bacon over real bacon. I agree that they do not taste the same, but I find the taste and texture of chicken or turkey bacon preferrable to me. When I was a kid I liked real bacon a lot, then I didn't have it for a while and then my parents made turkey/chicken bacon and that's all we ate at my house, so now real bacon just seems wrong. I LOVE turkey/chicken bacon - like, will eat 15 slices in one go I adore it so (I realize that's not good at all, but this was also before I started my weight loss journey).

I disagree. Because of the heart attack I had at 37 I have to watch my cholesterol intake. Thankfully, it's lower now but I also take a medication for it. I do better eating egg whites sanz the yoke. I was eating 2 eggs before but it just sucked up all my fat and cholesterol points and left me lacking later in the day for choices I liked. In the end I alternate between egg white breakfast and oatmeal with fruit.

Are you aware that the more cholesterol you eat the less your body makes, therefore your cholesterol will drop.

Egg yolks do not cause high cholesterol nor do they contribute to heart disease or heart attacks. That is old outdated information.

The inflammation is most likely caused from too much sugar, starches and grains.

I am so glad that my dad has a sensible heart doctor and has him on a grain free, sugar free diet and he eats whole eggs every single day with BACON!! My dad's doctor has a degree in Naturopathic nutrition and is also a cardiologist, there fore he puts his patients on a whole foods plan which includes plentiful proteins, fats, vegetables, and some fruit.

His heart is actually repairing itself and the scarring is healing too.

I've been reading these posts. I think the key here is that certain things don't work for everyone. Everyones problems are different. Myself personally when I stopped eating so many egg yolks and started just using the white, my cholesterol did improve natural.(I refused to keep taking pills for it). I don't use the boxed kind but I do use real eggs. I also lowered my fatty meat intake. I am diabetic as well but cutting out sugars 100% will harm me more than help. I am so happy for you and you dad that he is ok. We all have to remember that doctors base treatments on age,sex, weight, gender, and all different types of individual health issues.

I disagree. Because of the heart attack I had at 37 I have to watch my cholesterol intake. Thankfully, it's lower now but I also take a medication for it. I do better eating egg whites sanz the yoke. I was eating 2 eggs before but it just sucked up all my fat and cholesterol points and left me lacking later in the day for choices I liked. In the end I alternate between egg white breakfast and oatmeal with fruit.

Are you aware that the more cholesterol you eat the less your body makes, therefore your cholesterol will drop.

Egg yolks do not cause high cholesterol nor do they contribute to heart disease or heart attacks. That is old outdated information.

The inflammation is most likely caused from too much sugar, starches and grains.

I am so glad that my dad has a sensible heart doctor and has him on a grain free, sugar free diet and he eats whole eggs every single day with BACON!! My dad's doctor has a degree in Naturopathic nutrition and is also a cardiologist, there fore he puts his patients on a whole foods plan which includes plentiful proteins, fats, vegetables, and some fruit.

His heart is actually repairing itself and the scarring is healing too.

I've been reading these posts. I think the key here is that certain things don't work for everyone. Everyones problems are different. Myself personally when I stopped eating so many egg yolks and started just using the white, my cholesterol did improve natural.(I refused to keep taking pills for it). I don't use the boxed kind but I do use real eggs. I also lowered my fatty meat intake. I am diabetic as well but cutting out sugars 100% will harm me more than help. I am so happy for you and you dad that he is ok. We all have to remember that doctors base treatments on age,sex, weight, gender, and all different types of individual health issues.

Actually there is an eating plan that will work for every single one of us. That is ditching the processed foods (anything from a box or carton) and go back to eating WHOLE, Natural foods.

This is where eating whole eggs, getting fats from natural sources, fruits and veggies and quality meats comes into play.

I am also diabetic and cutting out sugars is the #1 thing that you should do. More protein and fats to stabilize insulin levels. There is no need to have sugar in a Diabetic diet except for what occurs naturally in fruits and veggies and even fruit intake should be kept to a treat or dessert type option.

My doctor and my dad's doctor have both said if people would get back to the basics half of the ailments and diseases they see would not be occurring.

I found this thread just like a pound of bacon...I had to read every post in the thread just like I'd want to eat every slice in the package! I love bacon and used to eat quite a lot of it but it's not something I'll cook for myself anymore (I just pinch 1/2 a slice off my husband's plate once in a while and inhale the aroma of it cooking).
I have nothing against bacon in general but have made a personal choice to not eat highly processed meats, particularly smoked meats because of the nitrates. Even if you buy it from the butcher you still can't avoid nitrates (at least I don't think so, I could be wrong...never really researched it as I figured,, since I'm a bacon glutton I don't need a reason to go back to eating it).
In general I've pretty much given up purchasing pork products and now only buy grain fed, antibiotic free other types of meats. I watched a documentary called 'Food Inc' (which I would recommend anyone watch) and when I saw the life of pigs and cows on giant feed lots I couldn't eat meat at all for a couple of weeks. Couldn't give it up completely, but decided I'd support my local family farms instead. That said, I'm hoping hubs going to have a late Sunday brunch so I can inhale some more of that heavenly aroma (hard not to be a hippocrite when it comes to bacon!)

I just had 4 slices of bacon for breakfast....mmmmmmmmmm! I was only planning on having 2 slices but....they were small and I couldn't stop at just 2! I had an apple too so, it wasn't all bad.....lol!