What Happens If You Eat Bacon Every Day?

Bacon is one of America’s favourite foods. Apparently, collectively Americans spend about five billion dollars on bacon every year, and each of them eats almost 20 pounds of it on average annually. It’s their favourite breakfast option and a lot of Americans would actually like to give bacon the status of America’s national food. What’s interesting is that even though they eat so much bacon, most of them know that it’s not exactly healthy. Most people treat it as junk food they just can’t resist. It’s something they know can’t be good for them, but they’re willing to take the risk because it’s that yummy. But is bacon actually that bad for you? Or does it have some redeeming qualities? Let’s take a look at what could happen to you if you were to eat bacon every day.

1. Heart Disease

Bacon is high in saturated fats. Almost half of the fat in bacon is saturated fat and we know that leads to heart problems. It can cause a buildup of plaque inside your blood vessels which would eventually prevent normal blood flow, cause serious health issues and eventually lead to either a heart attack or a blood clot that can be deadly.

2. Less Inflammation

What’s unusual and is talked about way less is that the other 50% of fat that’s in bacon is the good kind that’s actually beneficial for your body and is the kind that fights inflammation. It’s an omega-9 fat that helps your cells have a strong membrane and it raises the levels of good cholesterol. So you know, it’s pretty much 50/50 when it comes to bacon fat.

3. Psychiatric Disorders

There have been studies done that show a link between overconsumption of processed meats, the likes of bacon and severe psychiatric disorders and manias. Apparently, people who are likely to go into a manic, which is an altered mental state, are advised against eating processed red meat.