Mel Pegg wrote:

>Just wondered if anyone can help me with this one, are smoked meats and
>fish ok for paleo, or do they have to be unsmoked? Is unsmoked the same as
>uncured, as in uncured bacon for example, or does uncured mean something
>else, as I don't know what is meant by cured/uncured.
>
>

I think there is no problem in principle with smoked or cured meats.
 The problem is that modern methods of curing may involve the use of
additives that you probably don't want to eat.

Incidentally, although I've seen people on this list talk about uncured
bacon, as far as I'm concerned this is an oxymoron, like unfermented
beer.  Bacon is by definition a cured meat.  If it isn't cured, it's not
bacon; it's just pork belly.

Todd Moody
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