Hello,
I am on day two of my Low carb diet and I wan't to make some bacon. I keep seeing in recipies "Nitrate free bacon" but I can't seem to find it. can I eat regular bacon?

Thanks

I do.. My biggest hassel is buying sugarfree bacon. Sometimes I can't find that either so I look for sugar lower on the list of ingredients.
I don't think I have ever seen nitrate free bacon...

cin

I have never been able to find nitrate free bacon either. I know there is some places online you can probably order it. But we have been eating Smithfields no sugar, low sodium bacon for the entire 2 weeks. We do not even have a health food store near us. I would pay more attention to the sugar content and what it lists for carbs.

Babybear

the only place I know of is my local health food store with a meat counter. They offer free-range animal meats of all sorts and sugar- and nitrate-free jerky, bacon, and sausage. It's a subsidiary of Wild Oats. I'm sure other HFSs have it, as well, depending on your locale.

but boy, do you pay for it!
Sometimes I get lazy and just buy the one sugar-free brand my store has, realizing the other chemicals additives can't be good for me, but also realizing I eat very little of it.

Making your own (processing a pork belly) is really hard work. Jerky, at least, you can make on your own.

also check out the recipes for home-made sausage on line. ( http://www.panix.com/~paleodiet/list/sausage.htm ) is one location. If you just make patties (rather than extrude them into casings), it's a snap. You can make a big batch, put them in the freezer between layers of waxed paper, and pop one out any morning.

HTH

I've been eating regular bacon for the past 5 weeks and it hasn't affected my weight loss.

I agree...my family and I have been eating regular bacon and other regular items, just in smaller amounts. Since the 6th of may my husband and I have each lost 30 pounds, our son spencer has lost 22 and our son alex has lost 40. I think it is okay to occasionally "cheat" with a small treat, but to watch carbs otherwise. I can't imagine us returning to the high carb diet that we lived for so many years.

I just use regular bacon. I live in NYC metro area and I'll be darned if I cant find nitrate free bacon!

Nancy

Whole Foods grocery chain carries nitrate free bacon: it is a bit cheaper than regular bacon, too. Whole Foods, a USA chain, is in NYC. I bet the other chains like Whole Foods, such as Wild Oats, carries it, too.

What brand is it ? If I get some brands that are distributed in Canada I could try to convince my health food store to carry it.

The brands of nitrate-free bacon in the U.S. I've seen are Organic Valley, Yorkshire Farms and Beeleys.