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hey guys in this video we’re gonna talk

about bacon and how to read label

because I get a lot of questions on what

kind of bacon do I consume and what do I

look for when I’m reading the label okay

well the first thing is when you should

do is go to the farmers market because

they always are going to have a higher

quality but if you can’t get there I’ll

show you a couple other things to look

for first of all when it says

all-natural that means absolutely

nothing

okay so ignore that because that’s just

a joke all natural verses like what is

it not natural

artificial pork okay next one raised

without antibiotics okay this is funny

because they’re trying to differentiate

their brand from other brands that have

antibiotics but that’s not true because

it’s not allowed to give pigs

antibiotics anymore so they’re all

without antibiotics okay this one’s

important no nitrates you don’t want to

consume bacon with nitrates alright this

can we potentially to cancer so we want

to avoid that when it says never fed

animal by-products now first of all

you’re probably thinking like what do

you mean animal by-products what’s that

yeah that’s actually waste products from

other animal like chicken crap and cow

waste okay yes they do add that into

some of the feeds so this would be an

important thing to have on the label

because you don’t want to consume animal

products that have been fed waste of

other animals okay next one all budget

area now that sounds really healthy like

your the pigs are getting vegetables

right no they’re actually getting GMO

corn and soy okay that’s what they’re

being fed so what you really want to see

way more important than this is if it’s

organic because if it’s organic the feed

even if it’s grains must be certified

organic okay

now you might say well aren’t pigs fed

grass well they are different than cows

they don’t have four stomachs like a cow

they have like one stomach like us and

like chickens they require more energy

dense foods

so you’re not gonna find a pig farm that

actually feeds pigs just grass they do

feed them grains okay the key thing is

to make sure those grains are non-gmo

okay

again the farmers market that’s the way

to go but if it says it’s organic

according to the USDA it’s fed non-gmo

actually they have to let the pigs out

of the barn throughout the year they

have to be raised on maybe some grass

that they consume that’s non GMO and all

the other things that they eat must be

certified organic all right so then

you’re gonna probably see celery powder

that’s actually totally a good thing and

a lot of times bacon you’ll see it’ll

have sugar try to get bacon without

sugar okay that’s the ideal situation if

you can’t find any look at the grams of

sugar on the back of the label and make

sure it’s less than one gram

preferably zero so if they’re using

sugar it’s such a small small small

amount it’s actually like zero it’s if

it’s anything’s below a gram it’s zero

it’s considered zero all right there you

have it that’s how you read the label

when you buy your bacon

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