I think Uli is speaking, roughly, of the French paradox. I.e., why is it that heart disease rates are roughly double what they are in Europe, despite cholesterol levels being roughly equivalent. I also agree with his sentiment that eating something like this on occasion is not going to kill you.

I think one of the great flaws of "Western Medicine" is that chronic inflammation is what causes heart disease, not high cholesterol. Of course, high cholesterol comes, in part, from chronic inflammation, since cholesterol is generated by your body in response to stress and inflammation. Hence the studies that have failed to show a direct correlation between eating eggs and blood cholesterol levels.

All in all, if you had someone with low stress who exercised and also at a bacon weave, I think they'd be much better off than someone who lived on grilled chicken and salads yet never exercised and lived a high-stress lifestyle.

Now, I'm not recommending the bacon weave as your daily lunch, but I tend to agree with Uli that we'd be better served by eating this and relaxing a bit about life than vice versa. The "fear machine" is much more likely to cause a heart attack than a bacon weave is.

Of course, I'm not a doctor, but I do spend a lot of time reading about this sort of thing.

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That looks good, but that aint nothing next to a TurDucken that I saw on Diners, Drive Ins and Dives on the food Network. That is a boned whole turkey, wrapped around a boned whole duck, wrapped around a boned chicken, filled with stuffing and seasonings, turkey sewn tight into a turkey bag and baked all day.

Ray

Yeah, turducken is pretty awesome. There are a few places that do them mail order. I'm thinking of cooking one for Christmas.

Roll it in a pie crust dough and deep fry it!

Spot