Sausages and Bacon

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  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 9,986 Member
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    karinschoultz wrote: »
    You can buy nitrite free bacon

    I'm pretty sure there's no such thing. Look at the fine print. They all say something like

    nitrite-free*

    *except for nitrite naturally occurring in celery.

    It doesn't say "except for some miniscule amount in celery that -- for some bizarre reason having nothing to do with the nitrites -- we pile on top of our bacon while we're curing it, and we just can't help it if a tiny bit of nitrites from the celery makes it way into the bacon." Notice they don't say "50% less nitrites than bacon that isn't cured using celery juice."

    If nitrites are a health concern, I don't see why it's less of a concern if it comes from celery.

    Given that the well-known study on increased cancer risk from processed meat works out to one percentage point increase in risk if you're eating it every day (which I don't -- other than coffee, there's practically nothing I eat every day or nearly every day), I don't worry about the nitrites.

    Plus, I figure I have a good chance at a genetic resistance to cancer from cured meat. My grandfather pretty much ate cured meat three times a day for all of his adult life, and he was cancer-free when a pharmacist's mistake poisoned him in his 90s.
  • grinning_chick
    grinning_chick Posts: 765 Member
    edited November 2017
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    minstine wrote: »
    Is it OK "health wise" to eat one or two bacon strips or 2 sausages a day? I eat one or the other with 2 hard boiled eggs everyday. It really helps with me with the protein amount. I can't have dairy, and soy or whey protein powders and i don't feel like eating chicken for breakfast.

    (I personally find turkey burgers and sausages/links can really assist in hitting daily protein goals. And have you tried the rice or pea protein powders? I have zero experience with either to know if not only palatable, but worth it from a calorie/carb standpoint.)

    Sure. Why wouldn't it? I have never followed a low fat diet in my life and never will as I am attached (literally and figuratively) to my gall bladder. :) Nor is eating cured meats on occasion the reason I am fat. In fact, the first diet I ever went on was low carb and I lost a lot of weight eating them far more often than I do now.

    In fact, I plan on eating two strips of bacon (streaky) and two sausage links a day for the next 1-2 weeks as part of a pseudo-English Breakfast (I have *got* to stop perving the Outlander Kitchen recipe site...it led to me learning about EB's). :yum:

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    (I only eat two meals + a snack and a protein shake a day for a 1600 calories/day and, yes, all that fits it as well as my macros split targets - woot! - it is going to be glorious.)


  • xvolution
    xvolution Posts: 721 Member
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    They're fine as long as they fit your macros. There are also variations of sausage and bacon that are lower in fat or salt if that's the issue. I usually brown breakfast sausage like ground beef, drain and rinse it, and store it in the fridge to add to my eggs in the morning (2Tbsp=1oz).
  • Yoyoghurt
    Yoyoghurt Posts: 52 Member
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    Tofu is good for protein. I like to add to stir fry.
    Some brands don’t agree with me but others do.
  • Jancandoit7
    Jancandoit7 Posts: 356 Member
    edited November 2017
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    Being older (60), and having high cholesterol, I don't eat these- chicken/turkey sausage or turkey bacon is best I get. Yep, I'm jealous....

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