Haven't eaten bacon or hot dogs for at least twenty five years. Too much fat and nitrates. Why put cancer causing crap into your body?
Then again, there are thousands of carcinogens in the air, water and food everywhere, so maybe it's pointless to even worry about it?
But a couple of times a year I do give in to a craving for a couple of knockwurst and beans. Mmmmmmmmm
My misguided view is that something kills all of us, so why not enjoy the time you do have. Of course, the opposing point of view had the weight of medicine and science behind it, but I'm stubborn.
In fact, I had a BLT for dinner tonight. Maybe I was subconsciously inspired by this thread.
Good point Roy. We have to pick and choose I suppose.
Some choices are more obviously dangerous than others- smoking, riding a motorcylce without a helmet, eating bacon
, etc. etc.
Hardcore smokers will always tell you about an uncle or someone they know who's eighty and smoked two packs/day for his whole life- may be true, but some people are luckier than others and manage to beat the odds.
BTW, I just quit one of my vices- ice cream! Cholesterol getting a bit high. Just had a milkshake of milk, blueberries, maple syrup, and a banana- delicious and sounds healthy. Of course, frozen blueberries are loaded with pesticides, milk comes from cows full of growth hormones and antibiotics, God knows what they spray on bananas, and the maple syrup is in a plastic container that is probably leaching some horrible chemicals
But to get back to bacon- does anything in the world smell better?
