Bacon: How bad is it really?

Bacon is a breakfast staple across North America and some other countries too. I know it was for my family; growing up, Sunday mornings were always accompanied by the smells of coffee and bacon, made just how I like it -- crispy. Now that I'm on my own, I rarely have bacon, if only for the fact that I am too lazy to cook it on a Sunday morning (what a mess!) But I still like the occasional slice when I'm eating breakfast elsewhere.

Fitsugar recently asked the question Is Bacon Really That Bad For Me? And the answer was a resounding YES. Even if you overlook the fact that bacon has more sodium and saturated fat than is good for you, you can't ignore the nitrates -- those chemical additives that are carcinogenic when cooked at high heat.

So unless you can find nitrate-free bacon, skip the salty goodness and start your day off with a healthy, non-cancer-causing dish.