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.
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.
(Score: 2) by el_oscuro on Tuesday April 23 2019, @03:52AM (1 child)
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
Polonium pills aren't bad for you. 0 calories, no trans fats, zero sugar.
Oh, wait.