5/12/09

Super Bacon!

Easting healthy is all about balance... Wait, why am I talking about healthy eating on a bacon blog? Well, it turns out that bacon is really good for you (in moderation of course)! According to Bon Appetite, bacon is #1 on the list of “10 surprising Superfoods.” Jennifer McLagan, author of Fat (which no one has bought for me yet!!!), tells us that nearly half of the fat in bacon is monounsaturated—this fat is oleic acid. I don’t really know what any of that means but it is basically the same kind of fat found in olive oil—the good for you kind of fat!

Also on the list is duck breast, fresh strawberries, and milk—WHOLE milk to be exact (good, because I hate the 1% crap). Eating healthy sounds a lot more delicious...

Illustration by Travis King.

3 comments:

  1. yay!! I always knew bacon was healthy!! I have heard that real bacon is actually better than turkey bacon cause of the mega sodium in that faker. :0)just sayin.

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  2. I've heard that too! But I couldn't find anything to support the claim... I'll have to look into this further!

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