The right bacon!

[Papayamist]

Hello all, I am new to the Atkins diet as of yesterday and already on day 2 of induction I am sick of eggs for breakfast. I never liked eggs before so I'm trying to begin liking them. I want to have some bacon for breakfast but when I went to the store all I could find was bacon with nitrates or nitrites or whatnot. Where in the heck do I find the right kind of bacon to have? I need some variety! Help!

[JoanOH]

Hi Jess,

Nitrate-free bacon is *really* difficult to find and not an absolute necessity to sticking to Atkins correctly. What IS necessary is to find sugar-free bacon. The nitrate thing is because Atkins believed it unhealthy (which it probably is) but not because it would prevent weight loss.

Boar's Head meats sells a sugar free bacon (along with lots of great sugar-free lunchmeats and 0 carb cheeses!), if you happen to have a store in your area that sells it. You can get an 800# on their web site to call and ask who carries it in your area.

Here in the Cincinnati area, Krogers carries a store-brand sugar-free bacon that's really good. The one thing I find with sugar-free bacons is that they go bad faster than "normal" bacon -- so be sure and wrap it up really well after each use.

Hope this helps!
Joan J

[Naja]

Side pork is the cut they make bacon from, but with no curing at all. You can either do a light cure with salt and Splenda or just slice and fry as is. Delicious.

[Elaine]

Trader Joe's has Neiman Ranch nitrate free bacon.

-Elaine

[Michael Tree]

If there are Whole Foods stores near you, they also have nitrite free bacon.

As for breakfast, I seriously recommend the flaxseed pancakes. I've never especially liked eggs either, but the pancakes are yummy, and even simpler to make than eggs.

[lift]

Bacon and many other cured meats, including ham are cured with sugar.

However, in the curing process the sugar is eliminated and it does not become a factor when determining sugar and carbohydrate contents.

Point being, bacon is bacon, so it really is not necessary for people to be going to great lengths in search of "sugar-free" bacon. *rolls eyes*


Just FYI.