I like bacon.

[kenzar]

Originally Posted by Harrison [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That didn't answer my question.

Why in the world would you remove that much of your diet?

im with harrison, i dont eat it unless it had a face and died...hopefully painfully

[Aarone]

Originally Posted by guineapig [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Been a vegetarian for the past 12 years but the smell of bacon still makes me go all weak in the knees.

This!!

[Itchybottom]

Originally Posted by Aum [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Almost every single piece of nutrition/dietary advice is subjective and relative to the person it's being given to. Eating a high source of fat on a regular basis as was suggested originally, and not on occasion would lead you to believe that the diet in question is consuming absurd amounts of fat in their diet via bacon. Quick rundown on a myocardial infarction:

1. Typically caused by an embolism or thrombus, which is essentially the same thing, just a clot, whether it forms directly in your heart, or breaks off from somewhere else and lodges in your heart.

2. Heart tissue dies from oxygen not getting to the heart.

Diets high in fat produce atherosclerosis, a fatty build up in the arteries. I've known plenty of people in better shape than myself to die at relatively younger ages from heart attacks(28-40 region). Regardless of your work ethic, workout routine, body fat percentage, and weight, heart attack is a risk for anyone eating a diet high in fat, and unless you're killing the pig yourself, trust your food is full of shit you don't know about or want in it.

You can argue what you want about diets, I personally believe that outside of treating specific medical conditions dietary nutrition is bullshit, and because every person metabolizes what they eat differently, and almost every persons body works differently, usually useless knowledge.

Balance is the key to anything diet-wise. Of course absurd amounts of anything is going to be bad for you. Bacon however, isn't going to cause heart problems.

High fat diets have been correlated more to cancer and type 2 diabetes than heart failure. Limitation of the gene GnT-4a causes pancreatic cell failure which leads to type 2 diabetes (as stated, correlation != causation) Since most things are renally excreted, there is a hypothetical chance for liver damage with a high-fat diet which opens you up to all sorts of bad ends. We know so little about the actual liver though, it still confuses the best of internal medicine doctorates and specialists.

I agree with the notion that everyone metabolizes some substances differently, but for a healthy person, a protein is a protein, a sugar is a sugar. Barring allergy, digestion problem (or anything related -- like ulcerative colitis) there should be no difference in me eating four pieces of bacon, or (if you're healthy) you eating four pieces of bacon a day with the same net activity level (as in, maintaining ideal metabolism.)

Pulmonary fat embolism is usually caused by a clot (venous thromboembolism) as you stated in a large vein, such as the legs. Prolonged inactivity (usually caused from bed rest from a pre-existing ailment) is usually the case (causation.) I'm sure I don't need to explain to you that it's very little part embolization of AFA (air, fat or amniotic fluid.)

As far as the link to atherosclerosis, recent studies have began to discount cholesterol (HDL - high density lipoprotein specifically) in diet as a determining factor. Atheromatous plaque CAN be caused by high-fat, but it's not that cut and dry. LDL (low density lipoprotein) is what actually causes atherosclerosis due to one category of LDL (the type that's reactive to oxygen) and free radicals increasing oxidization. Your body reacts to the bad LDL with an immunitory response, creating macrophages and T-lymphocytes to absorb the oxidized cells, creating special cells called foam cells. When the white cells allocated is overruled by the LDL (which they will be, and unable to absorb it) they expand and rupture, causing more oxidized cholesterol on the arterial lining. Herpesviridae has been linked to giving just the proper environment in mammals to increasing the chances of this happening due to the immune response generating more C-reactive protein in your blood.

Anyway, back to the thread. There's no room for personal opinions in diet.

[ryuut1]

if i could make a bacon vagina, and then make love to it, i'd still eat it afterwards.

bacon is life.

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Originally Posted by Harrison [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why in the fuck would you do that to yourself?

Originally Posted by guineapig [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Because I'm a huge pussy.

[Allizia]

I never go down the isle's at the supermarket, all the good single ingredient foods are on the outside ^.^ If they bother putting and ingredient list on it, I don't want it!

[Allizia]

I just use home made fresh salsa to flavor everything 0.o

[Alawen Everywhere]

I suspect you and I would enjoy cooking together, Allizia.

[Reiker]

You can't cook a salad you crazy organic hipster freaks

[Alawen Everywhere]

You seem to have a pretty limited idea of what a salad is. More than half the salads I know how to make involve at least part of it being cooked.

I'm more of a whole food guy than organic. Give me a bunch of fruits and vegetables, some fresh herbs, a little protein and whole grains and spices and I'll make you something good for you that wakes up your fat- and sugar-coated taste buds.