Two pounds of bacon, or roughly 30 pieces, every day. The goal here was to get people’s attention using BACON, then try to teach them something about low carb and ketogenic diets and all the benefits that come with it.
Probably the best news about bacon it’s that one ounce is usually enough to sideline your breakfast, round out your BLT sandwich, or top your baked potato. Even with the highest-fat type of bacon, 1 ounce adds up to 140 calories (the same as one cup of low-fat milk or two small slices of whole wheat bread).
While I was reading we ran into the question “How often should you eat bacon and is it healthy?”.
Keeping your bacon intake to a minimum is recommended and only eating it every couple of weeks is best. The current advice from the NHS recommends that if you currently eat more than 90g (cooked weight) of red and processed meat a day, that you cut down to 70g a day.
You may be wondering “How much bacon can you eat before you turn into a toxin?”
Technically, one serving of bacon is 15 grams, or a little more than one cooked slice, says Caroline West Passerrello, a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
How bacon is good for you?
First of all, bacon is a source of high-quality protein, meaning that it contains all the essential amino acids. Bacon does contain nutrients too, including various B vitamins, selenium, phosphorous, iron, and potassium. Eating bacon might improve your mood too.
Just like cured meats in general, bacon isn’t as bad for you as the media often makes out. Despite the fears over nitrosamines, the observational data only show minor increases in absolute risk. Bacon isn’t the most nutritious food in the world, but it does offer a good source of protein and several essential nutrients.
How to make the healthiest choice when buying bacon?
Buying pre-cooked bacon might save you time and energy in the kitchen, however, what you save in time, you lose in flavor. Cured vs. Uncured. Bacon gets its pink hue thanks to nitrates used during the curing process. Smoked vs not smoked, or sugar vs sugar-free in addition are a couple more items to take a look at.
What is a healthier alternative to Bacon?
This technique appears to nail it. Seaweed bacon (Pepper Dulse) There’s a common seaweed that’s supposed to taste just like bacon., and seitan bacon. If you’re gluten-intolerant you’re out of luck with this one, as wheat gluten is seitan’s main ingredient. Coconut bacon, rice paper vegan bacon, and shiitake mushroom bacon substitute too are important too.
Is Bacon really going to give you cancer?
The scientific evidence linking both processed meat and tobacco to certain types of cancer is strong. In that sense, both are carcinogens. But smoking increases your relative risk of lung cancer by 2,500 percent; eating two slices of bacon a day increases your relative risk for colorectal cancer by 18 percent.