Relevant XKCD
Some recent studies point that bacon is not that bad if you not mix it with a lot of carbos
It’s cured fatty meat.
Too much of it isn’t going to be great no matter what you do.
The thing is, fat isn’t all that bad for you. The idea that fat is unhealthy is mostly dead outside of sugar lobbyists. It’s sugar that you really have to look out for.
Salt is also likely not as bad as reporting used to make it out to be. It causes short term blood pressure increases, but potentially not long term and also we don’t know the direction of causation with that and heart disease.
Basically, don’t over-indulge, but bacon probably isn’t going to kill you.
Animal fat that has been cooked to temperature is absolutely fucking horrible for you.
You’re thinking of plant-based omega-fats which are essential for health.
Fat isn’t just one thing. There are absolutely fats that are very unhealthy.
Heart disease causes you to eat more salt? Shit.
Basically, don’t over-indulge, but sugar probably isn’t going to kill you.
Weren’t there studies that showed it’s linked to increased risk of cancer? Even all processed meat like hot dogs and sausages.
Yeah, nitrates can be a problem, I was thinking about saturated fat.
Mmm, nitrates.
Red meat and nitrate salts are still not great. It’s not as bad as the internet wellness influencers say it is, but if your other option for breakfast is oatmeal, then bacon is a bad choice for heart health.
But if your other option is breakfast sausage, then yeah, bacon isn’t too bad of an option.
Don’t do it, it’s a trick by big cake!!
Of only bought cake were nearly as good as home made.
Yeah I bake cakes and sweet treats for my family. I am kind of worried about the consequences on all of us. Please help.
In my early housewife days I thought I was supposed to bake things so I did that and it didn’t last long because baking is never really healthy and why would I want to sabotage my health and my family’s health? I stopped baking.
It depends what you are baking and what your health goals are. Sweet things are pretty bad, though probably better than chocolate. That’s what makes me feel kind of guilty, because I like baking sweet things. It’s also important to note I am not really overweight and what excess I have is lack of exercise from being unemployed and living at home in a tiny village not dietary reasons. My parents who eat the baking are overweight though especially my dad.
I think freshly baked pie and pasties are a lot better than say junk food, though they can be high in calories. A vegetable pie would be a lot better than say chicken pie with a creamy sauce. Something like a Cornish pasty wouldn’t be too bad either I wouldn’t think as it’s largely vegetable and lean beef.
Baking bread at home can be potentially healthier especially if you live in the US where they add lots of sugar to bread and it’s heavily processed. Some homemade whole grain should be better than this. The only issue here is people can overeat fresh bread more than they would supermarket bread simply because it tastes better. I know some of my extended family had this problem and stopped baking bread because of it.
They can be. You just need to go to a local bakery instead of a grocery store.
I remember realizing this at about 20, and that if I bought my own cake ingredients I could make cake for startlingly little money. The most expensive part was probably the ready made frosting.
Anyway I started making cakes for friends and neighbours in my apartment building after work. I didn’t keep it up for very long, maybe a year, but I’m convinced my reputation is still riding high, decades later, from the goodwill I sowed during that time.
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Do this enough, and physics will stop you from getting in your car.
Adulthood is being able to buy and eat as much cake as you want, but knowing that you really shouldn’t.
They’ll probably stop you from fitting your pants long before that.
Pant’s are overrated anyway
Pant’s what?
So is chocolate cake.
That’s when you buy a bigger car
That explains the entire USA.
As an adult you should realize that eating a cake any time you want is unhealthy and should have the self control to delay that gratification. Sure noone can stop you, but you should have the self respect to stop yourself.
Today is the day. I have delayed gratification for over 40 years and today is the day I eat a whole damn cake.
You know I don’t think I’ve ever eaten a whole cake, and at this point I think I would regret it before I was even half finished lol, but if you’ve got the mettle good speed to you 🙇
Depends a lot on your genotype, I think. I wouldn’t eat it every day, but I’ve never noticed any ill effects
No. Calories in, calories out. No one can break the laws of physics.
Yeah but the calories that you put in your mouth don’t affect everyone the same way. Either that or I’ve got a pocket dimension in my leg
They do affect everyone the same in the sense that all people will gain weight at the same rate. But the weight distribution in the body will be different.
This is actually false again. I’ve always had a massive sweet tooth, especially for baked goods, but still stayed skinnier than my friends. Some people really can just put it away.
No, it’s not. You’re just unaware of how much calories you actually consume and what your expenditure is.
Boooooriiiiing. I’ll have a slice of the chocolate please
depends on how often you want to eat cake
Your heart might stop you, eventually.
I think you mean pancreas. Though, IDK which would come first.
Damn I had a birthday recently and I totally forgot about that option.
My brother or sister, the birthday doesn’t even enter into it. If you want cake just go get some.
But then I think about calories and other negative consequences. On my birthday, however, I can say: “Well, it’s my birthday!”
Sure, but I try to go to the place with all the bouncy castles and they won’t let me play even if I bring my own socks.
Try a trampoline park instead.
Trampoline parks don’t have giant inflatable clowns at the top of the trampoline! It’s not the same!
You have weird trampoline parks…
My car doesn’t have a bakery in it 😔
You need a bigger car, yours is missing critical features. I bet it doesn’t have a bowling alley either…
I discovered that in my mid-20s. I enjoyed eating a whole cake all by myself whenever the hell I wanted a few times and then the consequences begin to show and that’s how we learn our lessons about things like that and then we eventually teach our kids the right way to do things and then they get bored with that and they turn around and rebel and then they learn their lessons in their 20s and the cycle continues.
Some people don’t suffer those consequences
You mean some people can eat an entire cake and not get fat or feel generally unwell?
You can, you absolutely can. The thing is now it’s not just that cake at the bakery counter in the grocery store. You’re going to commit to buying a 10,000 calorie pile of wonder. You need to make sure that you do a good job. You need to go find the best goddamn cake in your area. But then, that means you got to drive a little bit. And it’s going to be expensive, and you already a couple of pounds heavier than you should be because you’re out of time and dealing with the kids. Ah crap, the kids they’re going to want some cake. I have to eat this in my car. Do you think the bakery has utensils? Damn now I’m going to have to go two places. Ahh screw it maybe the next time this is posted.
Yeah it makes me want to go out and get a cake. For about 30 seconds before I think about the logistics of actually getting a cake, having to pay for it myself, then eating like 2 pieces before I start feeling sick and overloaded on sugar and just leave the rest in the fridge until it goes stale.
Freedom is wasted on the old
This is one of the benefits of children. You eat the two pieces you want and they eat the rest. They don’t care if it’s stale. It’s cake.
brb, having kids
That’s the most fun part.
OMG, coffee shops exists who sell cake by the serving. Some are delicious and they will keep bringing you new slices of cake as long as you promise to pay for them until all the cake is gone. And the waiter might judge you, but she will do so silently and from afar.
Diners are also a pretty good place. The desserts are usually somewhat generic repeatable things but they are of a consistently decent quality, and as you point out sold by the slice.
It seems like every time I find a favorite place they just disappear.
We (me, wife and 3yo) were driving through a fairly urban area. There was this little sign outside this place that said vegan spiced chai cupcakes. I’m not vegan, I’m not vegetarian, but what I have found is that if a place says they’ve got vegan cupcakes or vegan cookies, somebody has been working on that taste and texture for years to get it right.
They were absolutely the best cupcakes I’ve ever had in my life. The store closed up shop after about 6 months.
Whenever I want
Where can I buy a cake at 3am? That’s when I want cake, but even as an adult with a car, I am unable to get cake. 😩
Well, that kind of cake. I can get a different kind on Grindr 24/7.
Where can I buy a cake at 3am?
Any 24-hour supermarket.
