Eating bacon every morning, what are your thoughts?
Mellouk89
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What's so bad about bacon that we advice not eating it too often? Other than nitrates potentially, what's harmful about bacon?
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sounds delicious!!!!
I personally like the taste of turkey bacon or chicken bacon
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I tried it didn't like it, I prefer regular bacon.5
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I am just here because someone said bacon.25
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If youve got time2
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Did someone say bacon 🥓 🤗🤗4
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Have you read the study attached to the article, it's based on self-reported questionnaires, by no means a controlled study of diet/lifestyle. Results were that increased cancer risk was associated with intake of red meat. Meaning it's correlative rather than causitive.
Otherwise we should all stop eating cheese, in case we might die from our bedsheets
Source: https://tylervigen.com/old-version.html
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I’m in for bacon❤️
Crisp and drained on paper towels, delicious!! Tried turkey bacon, once, no comparison taste wise. Husband said “never buy this again”. Both have nitrates. As with other processed meats, nitrates may be a risk. I’ve been eating bacon all my life (68), and so far🤞🏻no health issues, but I usually only have it for Sunday breakfast.2 -
Bacon is your friend. Weigh it cooked and drained unless the pan fat is to be drank (or is it drunk?). I like to make a bed of several pieces of cooked bacon and top it with a fried egg. Or, I urge a bacon and date sandwich in a scorched low calories tortilla wrap.2
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I eat bacon almost everyday... sooo good! And the calories aren't bad.2
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tinkerbellang83 wrote: »
Have you read the study attached to the article, it's based on self-reported questionnaires, by no means a controlled study of diet/lifestyle. Results were that increased cancer risk was associated with intake of red meat. Meaning it's correlative rather than causitive.
Otherwise we should all stop eating cheese, in case we might die from our bedsheets
Source: https://tylervigen.com/old-version.html
this made me literally lol; thank you! :laugh:2 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »
Have you read the study attached to the article, it's based on self-reported questionnaires, by no means a controlled study of diet/lifestyle. Results were that increased cancer risk was associated with intake of red meat. Meaning it's correlative rather than causitive.
Otherwise we should all stop eating cheese, in case we might die from our bedsheets
Source: https://tylervigen.com/old-version.html
This is not really true in regards to processed meats. Processed meats are classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the WHO and IARC, which is their highest rating level. That means that there is convincing evidence that consumption is causative of an increase cancer risk in humans (in this case colorectal cancer). I can't really speak to the specific study in the article, but the link between processed meats and cancer risk is substantial enough for it to get that designation, which they don't give lightly.
You can read more about it here: https://www.who.int/features/qa/cancer-red-meat/en/
But to answer the OPs question: eating bacon and other processed meats daily would raise their colorectal cancer risk. That can still be true even if bacon is yummy.
I eat plenty of bacon. I just am realistic about the science.15 -
The increase in risk doesn't seem to be significant, if it's just that I will keep eating my bacon
. I was more concerned about the immediate or short term effects. 1 -
I go through phases with my breakfasts. I've been eating oatmeal every morning for breakfast for the last several months but before that I was eating bacon and egg tacos every morning. Yum. Bacon is life.2
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tinkerbellang83 wrote: »
Have you read the study attached to the article, it's based on self-reported questionnaires, by no means a controlled study of diet/lifestyle. Results were that increased cancer risk was associated with intake of red meat. Meaning it's correlative rather than causitive.
Otherwise we should all stop eating cheese, in case we might die from our bedsheets
Source: https://tylervigen.com/old-version.html
This is not really true in regards to processed meats. Processed meats are classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the WHO and IARC, which is their highest rating level. That means that there is convincing evidence that consumption is causative of an increase cancer risk in humans (in this case colorectal cancer). I can't really speak to the specific study in the article, but the link between processed meats and cancer risk is substantial enough for it to get that designation, which they don't give lightly.
You can read more about it here: https://www.who.int/features/qa/cancer-red-meat/en/
But to answer the OPs question: eating bacon and other processed meats daily would raise their colorectal cancer risk. That can still be true even if bacon is yummy.
I eat plenty of bacon. I just am realistic about the science.
My point was about this specific study.
In this article it states those who ate 76g per day had a 20% higher risk than those who ate 21g. A rasher of bacon is around 20g, those with the highest intake of fibre reduced their risk by 14%. So the findings are clear: a bacon sandwich is the way forward
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I eat bacon quite often. However, I don't have to worry about nitrates because my roommates brother raises the pigs we get so it is all fresh and not injected with anything......and tastes way better than grocery store pkgs.3
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I rarely eat it anymore, but doesn't mean I won't ever again. My problem with it is, I can't just eat 2 pieces and be satisfied with it. It's that good! as far as healthy option, most likely not the best, but I would rather have my last meal with bacon in it than a carrot!
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There’s risk from many things in life. Some things are worth risks, bacon is one of the worthwhile risks 🥓4
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Not a huge bacon guy. I'll make it a couple times per month when we have our family Sunday breakfasts but I wouldn't want to eat it everyday. I do eat a lot of turkey breakfast sausage though. Two servings is only about 200 calories, low in saturated fat, and 22 grams of protein. That and a couple of eggs scrambled is a pretty frequent breakfast for me.0
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