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I just listened to a interview where Alex Navarro states that she uses bacon as part of her ULC meal plans….does anyone know why bacon? I always though of it as a VERY processed meat with way too much sodium…..would one not be better off to just use ground beef or steak if given the choice? Confused about that choice
Shouldn't be concered with bacon, but it is a great fatty protein meat that is used for Ketogenic type diets.
Bacon twice a day, every day…my prescription lolOnly thing I wish is that I could afford it grass-fed but I'll save that for the beef...Thanks for the link Dr.Patel
Sherylea, there are “better” brands/choices of bacon out there. The majority of it is crap. I stay away from the kind with sodium nitrates in it. The kind you want to look for has words like, “nitrate free”, “uncured.” I usually find this type of bacon in the organic section. Hope that helps!
Dr. Patel may disagree with that. You may want to search nitrates on the forum.
I agree, avoid nitrates is usless. Bacon, like all the meat I buy, is something I spend a little extra on for quality though.
I saw it, but I'm not about to low cook my bacon! And, I don't eat a lot of nitrate rich veggies (or too many veggies at all anymore) so I still avoid it! Actually, I avoid (or try to) avoid most chemicals or additives in my food.
Sherylea, there are "better" brands/choices of bacon out there. The majority of it is crap. I stay away from the kind with sodium nitrates in it. The kind you want to look for has words like, "nitrate free", "uncured." I usually find this type of bacon in the organic section. Hope that helps!
All bacon has nitrates and there is no such thing as uncured bacon. Bacon by definition is cured. The nitrate free bacon (or "uncured"), simply uses celery powder to cure it. Celery powder, along with actually celery, is very rich in nitrates. If you really want to avoid nitrates, I suggest you stop eating vegetables. The reason they can call the bacon uncured is because there are no "added nitrates".Bacon really isn't that processed. All it is sliced pork belly which is cured in a solution of sodium nitrate and spices. It really isn't that different from putting seasoning on ground beef.
Bacon really isn't that processed. All it is sliced pork belly which is cured in a solution of sodium nitrate and spices. It really isn't that different from putting seasoning on ground beef.
+1, this is what I was thinking of posting but wasn't 100% sure so thanks for that. Even just looking at it...it's pretty "natural"...doesn't seem all that different than my ground beef.
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