The pigs were pleased to hear that bacon finally made it onto the IARC Group 1 list of carcinogens. “It’s now on record that people who eat a lot of bacon might die a little younger than those who don’t”, said the pigs. Others predict an actual increase in per capita bacon consumption because bacon-eaters are ‘pig-headed’, and will pig-out on bacon because, bacon...
I enjoyed Liesl Schillinger’s piece in the Sunday LA Times: If bacon is so bad, I don’t want to live She says:
Exasperated by this pronouncement, I had two thoughts. The first: What will this do to Oktoberfest? The second: If bratwurst, cold cuts and red meat are as dangerous as cigarettes, there can be only one rational response — start smoking.
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