Eat Your Bacon, NOT Your Greens?
Could bacon be healthier than broccoli? Scientists, doctors, and nutrition researchers are beginning to discover that this could be the case. Turns out we find bacon delicious for a reason: because it is nutritious!
What about Cholesterol, Sodium, and Fat?
The fats in bacon mainly consist of oleic acid, which is one of the most heart-healthy fats around. In fact, it is the same healthy fat that is always praised for being inside olive oil!
As for cholesterol and sodium, it turns out that we don't need to worry about them like we've been told. Both of these are actually necessary for many processes in the body that keep us healthy and high functioning. Limiting them in the diet can be associated with accelerating many diseases (including heart disease! Yes, they had it backwards!)
Debunking Bacon Myths: The Nitrates Debate
There is empirical evidence that Nitrates do not cause cancer, and there are MORE Nitrates naturally occuring in vegetables than in ANY processeed meats. Dr Berry has done the research:
Bacon Can Help You Lose Weight!?
Bacon and other high fat animal products can be the foundation of an ancestrally-appropriate diet that:
- curbs appetite
- lowers insulin levels
- sheds excess weight
- and wards off metabolic disease
Dr Berg gives you a breadown of how this works: