Bacon To Be Classified As Dangerous As Cigarettes By World Health Organization

[phil67]

If they don't serve pork candy in heaven I ain't going.

 

[gloucesterman]

Why confine this to just bacon? The pig gives us so many tasty treats, like thick pork chops, Carolina style pulled pork, smoked shoulder, not to mention a seemingly endless variety of sliced hams. As warren said "God bless the pig". We're all going to go sooner or later so do it with a smile on your face. Just the thought of these treats has the arteries closing up already!

 

[warren]

Every now and then I can hear my heart murmur. "Idiot!" So, I pass on a fifth rasher or fourth pulled pork sammich. Only for an hour or so, just enough to let the old ticker know that I heard and made the effort.

 

[prndl]

Personally, I'm much more worried about the effects of W.H.O. on the world than bacon.

 

[phil67]

And this report comes from a country that eats kidney pie and black pudding (onions, milk, oatmeal – and quite a lot of pig’s blood). Give me an f'ing break.

 

[gloucesterman]

The study was probably funded by the Chicken Farmers Assn..

 

[mso489]

I believe Grandma had it about right. If you eat your portion of meat with several vegetables and a salad, you will probably stay healthier than if you didn't eat the meat at all. Grandpa didn't smoke his head off, but he had his pipes and tobacco by his chair in the living room and lived into his eighties. I knew those people pretty well. I've known a few W.H.O. employees, and they were good and sensible people, but I knew my grandparents better, so I'll run with their line of thought.

 

[deathmetal]

kidney pie and black pudding

But these are delicious! Especially with Tabasco.

Grandpa didn't smoke his head off, but he had his pipes and tobacco by his chair in the living room and lived into his eighties.

Moderation with a zest for life. A good thing to aim for.

 

[anarchisthermit]

I am 66 years old.I have survived one heart attack and had an A Fib incident which sent everybody on the floor into a Code Blue tizzy and resulted in me now having a ICD in my chest. I take half a dozen meds every morning. And I am fixing to grill me up a bacon cheeseburger for supper. But it is a healthy bacon cheeseburger because I use 100% whole wheat buns.

 

[gloucesterman]

Great story!!!

 

[deathmetal]

Next on the nanny state's hitlist: cheese.

Using the Yale Food Addiction Scale, designed to measure a person’s dependence on, scientists found that cheese is particularly potent because it contains casein.
The substance, which is present in all dairy products, can trigger the brain’s opioid receptors which are linked to addiction.
The authors also found that processed foods were more associated with addictive behaviour, with fatty foods being the most difficult to put down.
http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/food-drink/cheese-triggers-the-same-part-of-brain-as-hard-drugs-study-finds-a6707011.html

Everything fun will be banned so you have only jobs, shopping and ideology to control -- I mean, to guide -- you.

 

[perdurabo]

Ayn Rand was pretty close with her observations on Science and it's close relationship with the central planners.

 

[phil67]

Everything fun will be banned so you have only jobs, shopping and ideology to control -- I mean, to guide -- you.

You left out sex.

 

[shanelktown]

We live in a world that everything is bad I read recently the government wants to regulate crossfit trainers...because people are being overtrained.

 

[derfatdutchman]

So I guess the next time I order a grilled cheese with bacon, I'll have to say sign a hold harmless agreement.

 

[cobguy]

What ever will I do for Valentine's Day this year??

 

[peckinpahhombre]

 

[jkrug]

peck you're friggin' killing me!! :rofl:

Personally, I'm much more worried about the effects of W.H.O. on the world than bacon.

Now isn't that the truth. Love me some bacon...lunch today after hockey was a couple BLTs.
Do tell...what's a rasher?? :?

 

[jpmcwjr]

My Dad, as a kid, ordered a whole rasher from the menu of a hotel, and was crushed to learn it was......
One solitary strip.

 

[jitterbugdude]

Processed meats are dangerous because the nitrates/nitrites used (as preservatives to prevent mold growth) get converted into nitosamines, which are carcinogenic. Vitamin C has consistently been shown to inhibit the conversion to nitosamines. Tobacco also contains nitrosamines known as Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines (TSNA).
So, if you like your tobacco and/or bacon, Vitamin C will go a long way to allowing you to enjoy it.
This 1 study is not meant to prove Vitamin C's efficacy in making tobacco/bacon safe but I post it in case others want to explore the issue further. Many studies confirm the role of Vitamin C as a nitrosamine inhibitor.
BTW, you would have to eat about 45 hot dogs to get the same amount of nitrates that are found in 1 serving of broccoli.
"Int J Vitam Nutr Res Suppl. 1989;30:109-13.
Preventive action of vitamin C on nitrosamine formation.
Tannenbaum SR.
Abstract
N-Nitroso compounds are known to form endogenously in the human stomach from the precursors nitrite as well as secondary and tertiary amines. Ascorbic acid has been found to be an effective blocking agent for this process of formation of carcinogenic substances, both in vitro and in vivo. The mechanism by which ascorbic acid reacts is chemical in nature and results in the formation of NO and dehydroascorbic acid. Since NO can be recycled in the presence of O2 to form [NO]x, which is capable of additional nitrosation, greater than stoichrometric amounts of ascorbate are required for effective inhibition in vivo. The efficacy of ascorbic acid for inhibition of nitrosamine formation in humans has been demonstrated both clinically and epidemiologically through the use of "Nitrosoproline Test"--of Ohshima and Bartsch