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Re:Average 10-year-old has eaten 18 years' worth of sugar by helo1252 on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @10:37AM (#18806808)
Bacon contains nitrates that have been proven to cause cancer. I believe the increased cancer rate is very low however. Also, "nitrate free" bacon usually contains nitrates in a different form (celery powder), which i've read actually contains more nitrates than typical and therefore is actually way worse. I would stick with eggs, with oatmeal, sweetened with some berries.
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Re:Average 10-year-old has eaten 18 years' worth of sugar by NikolaeVarius on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @11:23AM (#18807283)
Nope, incorrect. Nitrites/Nitrates don't have any good evidence by themselves for being carcinogenic/generally harmful.

However, they can form nitrosomenes when cooked at a high heat alongside protein, aka fried bacon, which are considered carcinogenic (but concentrations vary on how much is actually harmful).

Eat oven baked/microwave bacon every once in a while, and its fine.

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