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[shoekitty]

@cody2   yes I have tried it, and I love it.  I use it for a snack, or like a BLT.  I had some in fridge the other day when grandson came in with a bacon burger he bought at this place he had to wait forever...they forgot bacon. lol. Omg, he was almost in tears!!  I said well you can try this, and gave him 3 slices..he said this isn't bad, it actually kinda tastes like bacon. I like it. Exactly that. It passed the bacon snob test!!  There are maube 10 cooked slices in sealed pack for about 7 bux. It is precooked, but we heat it in microwave, or a fry pan makes it even crisper. Please try it, let me know how you like. It also comes where you have cook it, but I bent tried that one. This keeps for a while as well I have added it to fried rice, soups, and things in a pinch for flavor

[SilleeMee]

If you have to give up bacon then you might as well include sausages, hot dogs, salami, pepperoni, deli lunch meats and ham. They're all in the same category and all of them increase risk for heart disease and cancer. Just bacon is a drop in the bucket when you include all of the other 'bad' options.

[I am still oxox]

If its a matter of no bacon or death, I will take no bacon 

[shoekitty]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

If you have to give up bacon then you might as well include  sausages, hot dogs, salami, pepperoni, deli lunch meats and ham. All of them increase risk for heart disease and cancer. Just bacon is a drop in the bucket when you include all of the other 'bad' options.

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@SilleeMee  I haven't eaten any of that stuff in 20 years. We gave up red meats.  I do have an occasional slice of chicken, and we do eat fish. My cholesterol was high, like 190 for first time. I know what it is too, no exercise,  I was a gym rat, and was active but last 1.5 years I can't walk hardly at all. I use wheel chair , and walker.  I sit more. My mom had very high cholesterol, no heart disease ever, no high blood pressure she lived to 98. Maybe hereditary?  I am concerned. I have high blood pressure, that is very controlled I have great numbers for triglycerides, okay numbers for good cholesterol. 

[Jersey Born]

@cody2 - While this may seem gross to you, it truly is a marvellous product: I am sad that it contains artificial colorings, but other than that, this veggie bacon somehow manages to mimic the real thing surprisingly well, in taste and even in texture. You might want to give it a try.

[bargainsgirl]

I would not give it up completely.  Not sure how old you are but I will be 73 soon.  Life is too short to give up ALL the BAD stuff which unfortunately is all the GOOD stuff LOL.  I still have 1-3 cocktails per week ( stage 1 breast cancer 11 years ago) and I am taking Simvastatin for cholesterol.  Yes I do eat bacon on occasion, but little red meat except for hamburgers mostly in the summer.  FYI... Trader Joe's has a nitrate free bacon ( just warm up in microwave) which is quite tasty.  Not sure what your health concerns are but good luck!

[Starpolisher]

This made me laugh! 😁Years ago, I tried to give my family turkey bacon 🥓 for better health. They hated it! Even the smell. Dh, started cooking it in bacon grease to make it taste better. Defeated the purpose so we went back to thick sliced pork bacon! 😋😅

[SilleeMee]

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@Jersey Born wrote:

@cody2 - While this may seem gross to you, it truly is a marvellous product: I am sad that it contains artificial colorings, but other than that, this veggie bacon somehow manages to mimic the real thing surprisingly well, in taste and even in texture. You might want to give it a try.

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@Jersey Born 

I've eaten that and it's good. I also like Morningstar Farms sausage selections, too. 

[sandy53]

What else did the doctor tell you not to eat?  It must be a long list to include bacon.  Most people don't eat bacon daily.  Weekly?  Maybe. It seems like a strange thing to single out as a food to eliminate.  

I would suggest getting an appointment with a registered dietitian (not a "nutritionist") and have your total food intake evaluated for cardiac health.  

[SharkE]

I gave up bacon, sausages, sugar, etc.

Canadian bacon is not greasy like bacon. Ham slices

think Hormel makes it. Pretty good.  take 40 mg of Prevastain.   

Didn't want to be a diabetic. When my blood sugar was 5.9 I woke up. In 6 months it was 5.6 pretty well stayed there since . No more candy bars, brownies, cake, pie, fudge, etc. 

Plenty of sugar free cookies around. Thank God for

sugar free chocolate brownie cookies with chips in them. Sugar free butter flavored cookies, pecan cookies.   Walmart carries them.