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The ‘Uncured’ Bacon Illusion

posted by chromas on Tuesday April 23 2019, @01:20AM   Printer-friendly
from the Food-and-Science dept.

captain normal writes:

It's actually cured, and it's not better for you. When was the last time you read a story where the villain was celery? Pull up a chair.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/the-uncured-bacon-illusion-its-actually-cured-and-its-not-better-for-you/2019/04/19/0c89630c-608c-11e9-9ff2-abc984dc9eec_story.html

The issue is that "uncured" bacon is actually cured. It's cured using exactly the same stuff — nitrite — used in ordinary bacon. It's just that, in the "uncured" meats, the nitrite is derived from celery or beets or some other vegetable or fruit naturally high in nitrate, which is easily converted to nitrite. In ordinary bacon and cured meats, the nitrite is in the form of man-made sodium nitrite. But the nitrite molecule is the same, no matter its source.

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  • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Tuesday April 23 2019, @02:20AM (2 children)

    by Snotnose (1623) on Tuesday April 23 2019, @02:20AM (#833672)

    It's also really tasty and an easy thing to add to a 2 egg breakfast.

    We'll just whistle and shuffle along when things like bacon wrapped asparagus spears, and bacon/jalapeno poppers get mentioned.

    But, to be honest, we resemble our dogs when we make bacon wrapped asparagus spears and bacon/jalapeno popper.

    But, on the internet, nobody knows you're a dog so we're good, right?

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  • (Score: 2) by el_oscuro on Tuesday April 23 2019, @03:52AM (1 child)

    by el_oscuro (1711) on Tuesday April 23 2019, @03:52AM (#833699)

    Bacon isn't bad for you. Each slice is about 40 calories, 3g total fat (1g saturated) and 3g protein. You could do much worse than having 2-3 slices a day for breakfast.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 24 2019, @05:57AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 24 2019, @05:57AM (#834237)

      Polonium pills aren't bad for you. 0 calories, no trans fats, zero sugar.

      Oh, wait.