John Pavao wrote:
 >Cured bacon contains sodium nitrite.  This is a chemical, and I think
it's
>been proven to cause cancer.  Sorry.

Oh, well, I guess I'll just add it to my list of other daily carcinogens
(wine, cigars).

>Check out your local organic foods store.  Be careful though, uncured
bacon
>doesn't necessarily NOT have added sugar in it.  Apparently, the label
>"organic" only means certain unnecessary additives are restricted.

I'll check out some organic bacon, and see if it's worth the switch.  It's
a lot easier for me (and cheaper) just to buy regular bacon at the
supermarket.  Does it taste like regular bacon?

JoAnn wrote:
>but if you feel you want to eat it anyways, have it with some orange
juice.
>Nitrites are altered by intestinal bacteria into nitrosamines, which is
what
>may cause the cancer.  Vitamin C has been shown to reduce the conversion
of
>nitrites into nitrosamines, which theoretically may block the carcinogenic
>effect.

Thanks for the tip.  I'll try taking some vitamin C after my bacon
breakfast.