How My "Bacon" Made Me Feel Lousy

I thought I was quite clever with my new bacon: Bacon and Eggs - New Twist for Me. The problem (or the solution) is that the longer I stayed on the Whole 30, the less I liked the bacon. I began to feel sluggish and weighed down, and now I don’t want it.

In the back of my mind (ok – at the front) was the warning from a really knowledgeable friend regarding unhealthy farming practices when it comes to pigs – even those “healthy” pigs purchased by Whole Foods. Even with his warning in mind, I purchased the pork. My husband and son “need” variety and pork improved the weekly food rotation.

So what was causing me to feel lousy? It turns out that my lack of proper pork preparation causes inflammation and my red blood cells to clump together. I suppose that the red blood cell clumping would affect my oxygen transport and make me sluggish too.

Pork either needs to be properly cured of properly marinated in order to not harm the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood. Who knew? You can read all about it here: How Does Pork Prepared in Various Ways Affect the Blood?

What to do now? I don’t know. I doubt I will actually cure my own bacon. I can easily marinade other cuts of pork, but that nagging problem of unhealthy farming practices is still there. It feels like a salad night tonight.