Hello, I'm Dr Joe of TheDrJoe.com Right, One of the problems with bacon is that it contains nitrates and
Also, it contains protein because it's meat
So, this video is about
Bacon and nitrates and why is that? Bacon on nitrates?
And why is there concern with Bacon and nitrates? It's because some of these nitrates
Do get converted (in the presence of the protein) to
nitrosamines and
Nitrosamines by the very nature are carcinogenic
So, that's where the concern about Bacon comes from
So, is there a way you can prepare bacon and make it less potentially carcinogenic?
Well, that's what this video is about. So stick around and I'll tell you all about it after the channel intro
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Right, so one of the best ways to reduce the nitrosamines that actually get converted from the nitrates in your bacon is to
Change the way you actually cook your bacon. So instead of using the grill, the oven or the
stove, you actually should use
Microwave. Okay. So how do you actually prepare bacon in microwave? That's what this video is about
So let's get started. So how do you prepare your bacon using microwave? Well, it's very simple as usual
You need bacon, of course and a microwave which we're gonna be using shortly
And this is how you do it. All you need is some
Kitchen towels or kitchen rolls. So you need about 4 sheets. So that's one
That's two, that's
Three and
That's four, okay, so we're gonna need another one on top.
So, 4 sheets of kitchen roll, okay. Sometimes, you can use 5. That's okay. You place them on the plate, okay
and then you take
you add your
Bacon
Oops! that's split up
Add your bacon. You don't want to add too many. You just need to add about
3 or 4 max. About 3 or 4 max of bacon rashers, add that
There you go
Then you need another kitchen
Roll on top of it, okay
So just add that
Press it together
Press it and make sure none of the bacon is actually exposed. Okay, press it together
And then it goes into the microwave
So what we've got here. We've got the bacon sandwiched between the kitchen rolls
and then you just put it in the microwave and
Set it up for... it depends on how powerful your microwave is
Mine is 900 watts, so I'm gonna set it for about 2 minutes
40 seconds
Okay, that's mine. If yours is of lower power you gonna do it for about 3 or 4 minutes, okay
Well, usually not more than 5 minutes. Otherwise it gets too dry. Okay, so there we go, so
Here we are the bacon has been in the microwave for 2 minutes and 40 seconds
It might differ a little bit with you know, depends on how powerful your microwave this and here we are. This is bacon ready
Alright, so obviously this is a safer way of actually consuming your bacon without the worries of nitrosamines
Which have actually been implicated in the causation of cancer. So you
Know, we can go ahead and actually taste it
Tastes really great
It's safer
It's healthier
Now you don't have to have all the worries of whether bacon is going to cause you cancer or not
Right. So if you got concerns regarding bacon and carcinogenicity, just use the microwave technique that I demonstrated for you
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