Red meat is not a health risk. New study slams years of shoddy research

Re:Red meat is not a health risk. New study slams years of s... by Taywee on Friday November 18, 2022 @10:31AM (#33656126)

Depends on the bacon. You can get uncured bacon without any added nitrates or flavorings at all.

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Re:Red meat is not a health risk. New study slams years of s... by bboylen on Friday November 18, 2022 @10:39AM (#33656269)

Sorry to burst your bubble but "uncured" bacon is a sham

They add celery powder instead of nitrates, so they can claim "nitrate free". However, the celery powder just decomposes into nitrates, achieving the same effect

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/the-uncured-ba...

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Re:Red meat is not a health risk. New study slams years of s... by anxiously on Friday November 18, 2022 @10:43AM (#33656360)

That's not true-- you can buy uncured bacon. It's simply "uncut pork belly" which many companies turn into bacon.

We buy our pork belly direct from a farm and it hasn't been touched with anything.

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Re:Red meat is not a health risk. New study slams years of s... by Spooky23 on Friday November 18, 2022 @11:38AM (#33657257)

“No added nitrates” usually means celery extract. (Ie nitrates)

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Re:Red meat is not a health risk. New study slams years of s... by bboylen on Friday November 18, 2022 @10:45AM (#33656396)

Oh yeah that of course exists, didn't mean to imply it didn't.

Just the "uncured" but still processed bacon that is pretty much just regular bacon

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Re:Red meat is not a health risk. New study slams years of s... by anxiously on Friday November 18, 2022 @10:48AM (#33656416)

That's fair-- if it's in a package, looks, smells and tastes like bacon it's probably bacon :)

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Re:Red meat is not a health risk. New study slams years of s... by jnwatson on Friday November 18, 2022 @12:05PM (#33657759)

Uncut pork belly isn’t bacon. Both are delicious, but definitely not the same thing.

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Re:Red meat is not a health risk. New study slams years of s... by s0rce on Friday November 18, 2022 @10:40AM (#33656298)

Isn't that just sliced pork belly? Also, personally, I think if you cook it like bacon its not good, just grey and not flavorful, I just eat traditional bacon infrequently.

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Re:Red meat is not a health risk. New study slams years of s... by denton-scratch on Friday November 18, 2022 @11:13AM (#33656828)

If it's not cured, then isn't it just raw pork?

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