Bacon under the Grill Smells Delicious…However: Pork, and in particular processed pork, is not a healthy meat for humans
Here are some of the health concerns of consuming Pork:
- It is high in acid and not a good meat all round
- Chemicals in the meat react badly in the body
- Dietary fats in pork create an environment for unwelcome parasites in the gut
- Dietary fats in pork are bad for the human liver and the colon
- Pork fat causes hypertension
- Sodium nitrate in bacon is a listed cause of cancer:
- It increases the risk of endometriosis and increases risk of ovarian cancer by 2.9 times
- Bacon increases the risk of bladder cancer by 51%
- As well as bacon, other common forms of processed pork are Salami, Pate, Pepperoni and Chorizo