It's pretty wild how misinformed people are! Even the popular diets for weight loss are junk food diets only good for short-term because they cause cardiovascular disease. Fats fall off the wagon and get fat again. I'm sorry, bacon is never healthy no matter what the context, even if it is for low carb weight loss, and if you disagree shoot me your article with cited research and I'll show you why it's bollocks. One word: Eskimo. I sit and eat a whole bunch on bananas and I get told I'm giving myself diabetes by a fat. Really?? Bananas are not the same as a snickers you puss sack! I sit and eat 5 potatoes, or a half pound of whole wheat pasta for lunch and "oh my god your body is different I could never do that many carbs". Ugh! First of all, bullshit, you're as big around as a bus. Second, no, I'm not different! I gain weight as easily as anyone else, actually more so. I just don't let myself go, and I don't slather my potatoes in sour cream, cheese, bacon bits, and all the rest of the crap, I just eat them plain or with a little BBQ sauce. I eat my pasta with just salt, no oil. Simple! I eat like my thin and very long-lived ancestors, and unsurprisingly I'm on the same track. Tons of plain potatoes and plain oats, I'll smash in a ton of fruit if it is on sale. Oil, sugar, butter and meats were expensive luxury items back and used sparingly, people don't realize that. The only people who consumed them regularly were royalty, and guess what they were the only fat people.