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HipChick

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14. Me too...

Reply to Thyla (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 5, 2018, 01:21 PM

Mar 2018

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Too much to bear - Bacon a proven cause of cancer [View all] packman Mar 2018 OP

I eat uncured bacon now SummerSnow Mar 2018 #1

Whole muscles can be cured only with salt Drahthaardogs Mar 2018 #7

Yes, that is what the article recommends as subs packman Mar 2018 #10

Pancetta is a superior cured meat to bacon anyway Drahthaardogs Mar 2018 #31

Yeah, I've cured bacon, lamb and beef both with nitrates and without. Farmer-Rick Mar 2018 #35

I still love bacon. CanonRay Mar 2018 #2

I love bacon too - but will only eat nitrate free uncured womanofthehills Mar 2018 #19

I make salami, prosciutto, and pancetta Drahthaardogs Mar 2018 #3

I'll take my chances. Thyla Mar 2018 #4

Me too... HipChick Mar 2018 #14

I'm with you guys! tonyt53 Mar 2018 #36

NOOOOOOOOOO! genxlib Mar 2018 #5

I also eat uncured bacon, on the rare occasions I buy bacon anymore. Alas, I have aged out. Shrike47 Mar 2018 #6

Proof: There is no God. FSogol Mar 2018 #8

Actually God says not to eat pork products in the Bible. :P OliverQ Mar 2018 #21

Does shrimp cause cancer? They say not to eat that too. FSogol Mar 2018 #22

I eat organic uncured turkey bacon. ananda Mar 2018 #9

you can get bacon without those. personally, I have to... Javaman Mar 2018 #11

CELERY is carcinogenic. PARSNIPS are carcinogenic. maxsolomon Mar 2018 #12

I think it's only the brown spots on celery - I always make sure I cut them off womanofthehills Mar 2018 #18

The game of life is hard to play; you're gonna lose it anyway. nt tblue37 Mar 2018 #27

Of course it is PJMcK Mar 2018 #13

Lol. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2018 #15

So is the coffee I'm washing it down with. Yum. Not getting out of here alive anyway. Nailzberg Mar 2018 #16

My wife was fanatically devoted to her health The_jackalope Mar 2018 #17

Sorry about your loss. I have a family friend going through a cancer battle now who is young SweetieD Mar 2018 #28

This is not new. :) When I became a vegetarian bacon is the ONLY food I had trouble giving up. MelissaB Mar 2018 #20

Only reason I'm still alive DFW Mar 2018 #23

Bacon killed my dad MountCleaners Mar 2018 #24

It tastes so good. I have cut back on it a lot. I only have it a few times a year now. SweetieD Mar 2018 #25

And fresh-brewed coffee. Nothing could taste as good as coffee smells while tblue37 Mar 2018 #26

im still gonna eat it.... samnsara Mar 2018 #29

Oxygen is a proved cause of cancer. Wolf Frankula Mar 2018 #30

I had bacon wrapped then broiled asparagus last night . The asaparagus was thin and some lunasun Mar 2018 #32

As always the details matter mythology Mar 2018 #33

There's some PasadenaTrudy Mar 2018 #34

Giving up meat is a process janterry Mar 2018 #37

Nitrates are not the only health risks of bacon..... ollie10 Mar 2018 #38

What puzzles me is that this is being posted as news. Adele Davis alerted... LAS14 Mar 2018 #39