Adam Ruins Everything - The Real Story Behind the Bacon Craze | truTV

The 1980s saw a spike in bacon sales when the National Pork Board teamed up with the fast food industry to turn bacon into a pop culture phenomena. #truTV #AdamRuins
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[@TheDeathmail]

Guys, Adam isn't saying you wouldn't have liked bacon without the advertisements, just that it wouldn't have been as worshiped as it was now. Also, he's not saying that people didn't know how it was unhealthy, the issue is HOW unhealthy...

[@generalhyde007]

TheDeathmail Everything in moderation.

[@actuallynotfunny4551]

Ppl are triggered because they love bacon

[@kidusmichael8242]

Also, Hardee’s is not the first fast food restaurant to sell bacon burgers. Jack in the Box began selling them as early as 1981

[@hattmannen5122]

THANK YOU!

[@NathanWubs]

People are dumb, hence why the sarcastic comment has more up thumbs.

[@jeffwei]

Thank God someone finally addressed this. I've always wondered why people are so obsessed with bacon. I mean, it's ok I guess, but people seem to go crazy over it.

[@q_rty2178]

jeff wei how are you verified

[@noyes8882]

@Mr Herbet nope he’s really verified

[@Smiley-Coyote]

If you handed me bacon and I never once had seen an ad for it prior to eating it for the first time, I'd still love it as much as I do. It's just straight up delicious.

[@davidarruda8400]

Uh idk maybe because it tastes good

[@frostrangerofthefrozenrelm]

Ikr? Bacon is OK, but it isn't THAT good lol

[@therealcaesar3157]

3:20 of course eating one every day is going to be a health problem

[@benjimcdowell1627]

@@DirtyRottenTaylor maga😉 one day you'll see

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

Right but if you think about it, that's not THAT much. One could eat a hotdog one day, pepperoni pizza the next, then absentmindedly have some bacon with breakfast the next day or a bacon cheeseburger. Now that I'm looking through my own diet, I'm realizing that I'm eating this processed meat, way more often than I thought.

[@kross278]

And unfortunately, some people still do it

[@red_dll]

@@PaulTheSkeptic How about some vegetables and fruits and just less meat in general? Or fresh fish.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

@@red_dll Yeah sure. You can come over and cook me some fresh fish. Lol. I'm recently, as they say, back on the market. Therefore home cooked meals have become a bit scarce around here. But that's just me. For others, yeah, go for it. That sounds great. My point was only that it can be easier than one might think to eat this stuff more often than you might think. Because that was my first thought too. "More than once a day? Who eats THAT much processed meat." Well as it turns out, I do. Lol.

[@matthewbartke4424]

It is news to me than people don't know that bacon isn't a health food.

[@TheDeathmail]

It's not the fact that it's unhealthy, but HOW unhealthy...

[@SpaceStormy]

Fat isn't unhealthy as sugar and excess carbohydrates

[@ianp622]

It's really not that bad. An increase of 20% of colorectal cancer means your chance would have been 4% without bacon, and 5% with. Not that big a deal, I'd say.

[@connor4435]

Matticus Barticus it’s because those people are American

[@BigSlimyBlob]

I don't eat bacon, but any associated health concerns are relatively insignificant. Sugar is seriously thousands of times worse, and even ordinary bread is less healthy than bacon.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

I do always get so confused what people's obsession with bacon is, like it tastes okay I guess and even the people who always talk about, are the people I never see eat it. How can you obsess so much over something you hardly eat.

[@unLargoEtcetera]

I also don't understand that. I mean, it tastes good, but just a little. It's too salty for me, so I don't like to eat that much. There are way better things in life. But, hey, it's a meme.

[@domandal3015]

Legit pork belly by itself taste better than bacon, and while fatty, at least isn't super processed as bacon is.

[@maargenbx1454]

I’m one of those people. I genuinely love bacon, but it’s not a healthy food. I have it so rarely that I don’t feel guilty (for health reasons) when I do have it, and also I don’t get tired of it. I say I don’t feel guilty for health reasons - more and more I feel guilty about eating meat at all, but that’s about the animals, not my health.

[@maargenbx1454]

The22726: Interesting. Do I have to make it myself or can I buy it?

[@jeffwei]

Thank you for saying this

[@theriseofthefreg2687]

59% of vegetables taste better stewed. *You* can't *change my mind.*

[@pasafish8093]

eggplant - tastes better fried or in eggplant parmesan potato - obviously fries and mashed potatoes cauliflower - mashed cauliflower is really good you should try it, also baked onions - caramelized onions have no match *fight me* lettuce, actually most leafy greens - taste better in a salad and gross in a stew, they get all soft and mushy fruits - don't stew fruits. please. please. squashes - in ravioli tomatoes - idk if tomato sauce counts as a stew but tomato sauce with meat carrots - yeah ok. chives - on top of things, or in eggs beans - in burritos also nice pfp

[@robertstetcu1143]

Carrots are better raw, tomatoes too You can't change my mind as well

[@ainomm]

*laughs in Muslim*

[@maestrulgamer9695]

Why?

[@terminalsarcasm]

Ok best comment

[@wandaperi]

Normie U-Akbar !!!!!!!!

[@TheMaxiglass]

Vegan atheism > Halal Islam

[@amalia7513]

fistbumps in vegetarian

[@soulchorea]

Next up: Adam Ruins Vegetables

[@DirtyRottenTaylor]

By shoving them up his..... Well you figure it out.

[@rageracerriley9590]

Already done...

[@GHOSTbirdnatureLOVER]

he did ruin corn

[@bioman1hazard607]

He just did an episode saying bugs are good and in vegies all the time

[@TommWayfarer]

Veggies are in fact carcinogen if they are Processed like Quaker Oats.(Glyphosate) It is not the food , it is the chemicals the process uses on it. Including meat, you vegans.

[@tinothee8650]

He also said the same thing about sugar in previous episodes. In fact, he said it was worse than animal fat. You know, I’d like to see him ruin veganism. Just to round things out.

[@doubled6490]

veganism: The ideology of eating more stuff made in rainforests instead of just lowering your carbon footprint by avoiding plastic and metal.

[@EmperorKagato]

@@doubled6490 a majority of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and legumes are grown here in the US

[@efrenchen293]

Double D Not really how that works. The cattle industry requires huge amounts of land and resources, so meat causes deforestation more than just eating plants. That argument is common but ineffective.

[@theprfesssor]

People don't realize that the Vegan lifestyle is a developed world lifestyle Where in the United States do bananas grow???? pineapples??? coffee???? quinoa??? coconuts??? and many many other Vegan staples, that means they have to be transported here somehow most likely with fossil fuels and even plants that do grow here if the majority of people were vegan you realize how much demand for such products would skyrocket increasing it's price and reducing availability I'm not even sure if they know how much you have eat on a vegan diet most plants are naturally low in calories They talk about how much water and other resources livestock uses, yeah they use a lot but when you find a plant that has as many calories as meat does per pound you let me know

[@manchee3]

@@theprfesssor Just so you plants are much energy efficient than animals inherently as you feed plants to animals. Those animals then use the energy from the plants to grow so the VAST majority of the energy goes into the cow growing. While you are right that meat is more caloric per kg it is still far less energy efficient overall

[@robodadinosaur5138]

Put more on Netflix

[@skullton3292]

this is on Netflix?

[@robodadinosaur5138]

Sir Overlord I know, that’s why I said put *more* on Netflix

[@skullton3292]

@@robodadinosaur5138 I didn't know it was on Netflix that's why I put a question mark at the end.

[@RhyperiorRanger]

Netflix is actually missing most of the episodes

[@Stewbott]

I never thought to check to see if it was on there thank you

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

I like how we blame a fast food chain called Hardee's but the reality of it is is the pork industry had started this blitz about bacon back in the 1950s through your grocery store and how they did that was they marketed bacon as part of breakfast but not just any breakfast it was marketed as the breakfast of farmers when in fact most Farmers really didn't eat bacon and eggs for breakfast!!

[@Riley-te3mk]

It actually started just before the depression and kinda had a hiatus because no one could afford anything and then resurfaced after and came to popularity in the 50s. They've been trying to force bacon for the last century.

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

@@Riley-te3mk no it started literally post-war. Though I will say that blacks and others ate it pre war it was cheap and most people didn't want it. The only other people that can ate it, were Farmers thoygh it is more of a treat to them but as far as people in the city going to go to the grocery store no bacon was considered trash pre war. Pork rinds was either a treat or considered bar food.

[@ArabKatib]

LMAO!! THE COMEDY LEVEL IN THIS ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING SKETCH IS TO THE ROOF!!!!!

[@tommytomthms5]

4% increases to 5%..... OMG L0OK IT INCREASED BY 20%!!!!

[@Lewa500]

It's all fun and games until you get heart disease, cancer or any other fried meat related illness.

[@bunnygirl8]

That'd be a 25% increase, not a 20%... You're the second person in the comments I've seen make this mistake, it's like y'all don't know maths

[@tommytomthms5]

@@bunnygirl8 so you're still proving that their wonkey math is even worse! and they do it intentionally.

[@renzuki5830]

@@tommytomthms5 Yes, but it's still scary in absolute numbers. You can't roll the 1% die on too many things in life that kill you or it will very quickly add up. Like other people mention it also works multiplicatively. It's an additional 1% if you don't eat any other processed meat. Also: The chance of contrating HIV by having sex with a HIV positive person is roughly 1%. You wouldn't mind right ? Just 1%.

[@theocean1973]

Thanks for pointing this out (even though that would be 25%)! When people say it increases your chances *by* 20%, that's an increase on the original small percentage chance. People act as though it increases your chances *TO* 20%!

[@RealGhostPhantom]

TRUETV, bring back this show!! We need new episodes of Adam Ruins Everything every Tuesday at 10!!!!

[@lynnwest4307]

He forgot about the bacon dental floss and bacon toothpaste LOL

[@josephbradley42]

2:45 maybe they were named after Kevin Bacon

[@someguy2135]

Just ask Kevin's brother, Bacon Bacon.

[@alexanderson6961]

“Even if you eat just 50 grams of processed meat per day, some estimates show your risk of colorectal cancer increases by nearly 20%!” Really, Adam? I normally like your show, but don't you think this is kind of disingenuous, ESPECIALLY after you did that segment on how being 40 or above may double the chance of birth defects, but only from 0.5% to 1%? In the _very article you cite_ (www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/01/bacon-cancer-processed-meats-nitrates-nitrites-sausages), it says that eating processed meat every day can increase your chances of getting bowel cancer by 20%… but you already only had an average chance of about 5%. Meaning you'd have to eat processed meat *every day* for *decades* just to up it to a whopping 6%. And yeah, that's a big change in the aggregate, but it's still _really_ small on a personal basis, barely worth mentioning. Bacon is bad for you, sure. But let's not exaggerate and scare-monger like you so often accuse _everyone else_ of doing.

[@garywindus6670]

They forgot to mention bacon toothpaste and soap

[@mypkamax]

_"But I'm so good at eating hot dogs!"_ _"Someone must warn Kobayashi!"_ What?

[@EmeraldOverseer]

I am always late to school watching these videos

[@Birodalom1]

Meanwhile, we Europeans have been enjoying bacon for centuries without any advertising.

[@elliotlehtonen]

The cancer risk increases from 5% to 5.9% which is an 18% increase but the way he presented it was a little misleading

[@tention6823]

Pfft this is all things we know already. It's just that bacon tastes good so we eat it regardless. I was worried this would actually make me look twice at it XD

[@aemt4u]

Actually Adam, bacon has been around since about 1500 BC. Long before fast food with have invented. And long before the "pork bord" so much missinform in this video.

[@muddlen7928]

Doesn’t matter if you listened to the video and not what other videos said you’d know that it doesn’t matter when it was invented but how it was sold

[@aemt4u]

@@muddlen7928 except, that's wrong too especially the claim that it's a processed food.

[@IsmailofeRegime]

@@aemt4u So you're saying there wasn't a push in the 1980s to market bacon?

[@Rostam-vk9hx]

The more and more I watch Adam, the more I'm convinced he's read Peter Coffin's book: 'Cultivating Identity'

[@uncleubi9008]

Says eyyyy in advertisement

[@zabdielito6733]

Why are all the things I like cause cancer

[@keen99]

Show this video to Jim Gaffigan lol

[@stephenweigand6028]

Doesn’t this kind of contradict his other episode where he said high fat foods are actually good for you and it’s the carbs making us fat?

[@punksrun4958]

too much of everything is bad , even vegetables. Yes fats are healthy but if you have too much , like found on burgers can hurt you hard.

[@frankchen4229]

What? No it doesn't. These aren't even related discussion points.

[@Im-BAD-at-satire]

Water intoxication is a thing, I'd guess the same fact applies to most anything really. It's never reachable to get to a point where you overdose on marijuana but there still is a limit to where you can overdose on it.

[@danielwalters2971]

2:44, does that include Kevin Bacon?

[@KarelPletsStriker]

Pop culture meme factory is my favourite word now

[@jacksongoss2389]

I like it because it’s a delicious crispy strip of meat and my parents showed it to me when I was 5, no one thinks bacon is healthy.

[@chancer9170]

I’ve probably had bacon in my life less than 5 times and I never liked it and this is weirdly affirming

[@borsistephen]

Can you ruin yogurt

[@makaramuss]

I doubt he can no doubt it has harms milk dont have but usually it has benefits too that you can use milk dont have as result its a tradeoff... like everything you eat.

[@borsistephen]

@@makaramuss I heard it's not as beneficial as they say it is

[@wandaperi]

Yeah, it is similar to #kombucha

[@kirkmorrison6131]

Anything not absolutely dangerous, immoral, or poisonous is okay in reasonable moderation is okay. I love bacon and sausage. I eat them about once every six weeks

[@sourishbanjo5037]

I’ve never had American bacon. And I’m glad.

[@evanbell]

0:56 a "meat cute"

[@Dill_Pickle1997]

Question: if bacon didn’t get super popular until around the 90s, why is there so much footage of people having it for breakfast in the 50s/60s?

[@laurenmontera9516]

Pork belly is great for Chinese dishes with tonkutsu.

[@TheSaxAppeal]

I personally love bacon. But if I didn't have to worry so much about basic needs, I'd be able to move out and cook myself food with a more well-balanced diet. I can't afford to buy tons of groceries at once. A trip to the grocery store for me is a treat

[@creanatexincludes8605]

Someone actually named their own CHILD, BACON, is there anyone here named Bacon

[@douglasfreer]

Next episode: Adam Ruins Vegetables

[@Kirbyterasu]

I think going as far as saying "your love of bacon is manufactured" is a bit much, but that is a startling though unsurprising history of the industry

[@deadassadam]

y'all aint even gunna mention epicmealtime?

[@lewisbae1326]

Well first of all to much of anything is bad. Just enjoy it in moderation and work out with balanced meals and you will be fine

[@camilacarnevale2152]

Would you say enjoy your cigarettes in moderation? Probably not. NO CARCINOGEN IS GOOD IN MODERATION. And no amount of animal cruelty is good in moderation. There's zero scientific evidence to back up what you say. A whole foods plant based diet is not bad, not even if you do it "too much". And how can you ENJOY eating a dead animal who was tortured his whole life and had his throat slit just because the system wanted you to eat his muscles and grease?

[@boydmerriman]

Now for "Adam Ruins Vegetables"!

[@cindybee9270]

A slice of bacon is 30 calories. Is it really that bad? Then back in the old days people used lard for cooking. They didn't have the health problems that we have today. Sorry Adam I'm not convinced.

[@theprfesssor]

Why wouldn't people know a piece of meat loaded with fat and sodium would be bad for you, it's called eat less of it simple as that, most foods are better when taken in moderation anyway then its like a treat Also Adam wants you to think Bacon was non-existent until the 90's, sure maybe in the cities/heavily populated areas where most trends ( such as diets) are but in rural areas Bacon's been a thing for decades, my grandparents ate it all the time btw most of the diet trends from back then are jokes and proven to be either pointless or not safe to like abandoning fat for example Also pretty much anything can be carcinogenic if you look hard enough, California just made coffee a carcinogen, the oxygen you breath to live is trying to kill you as well which is why antioxidant foods are so good for you also to much water can kill you, it's called moderation

[@mateosmind751]

No California did not make coffee a carcinogen, in fact they published a study that it lowered cancer rates.

[@henvdemon]

High fat intake of saturated fats is w/e. Still better than hydrogenated unsaturated fats found in cheap oil. In some cases better than olive oil cause of the nutrient composition in animal fats. The cancer causing compound is the pink curing salt.

[@TheRepublicOfUngeria]

I actually want Adam to ruin vegetables.

[@waijunwong6063]

He did (avocados and corn)

[@coltonblake13]

It's only like before they knew the history, they liked bacon because they simply liked it

[@jackingtonfoxpickle4861]

....Why does this keep getting reuploaded? Big bacon?

[@madsniperD]

The only thing not based on reality in these skits is the people giving up on their preconceived notions that easily.

[@sleepychild5381]

It’s always vegetables ITS ALWAYS VEGETABLESSSS!!

[@ashtongiertz8728]

wait, so according to Adam, the bacon craze was manufactured by meat industries in response to the fat phobia sweeping through the US at the time. in another episode, he reveals that the very same fat phobia was wrong about believing that fat caused obesity, and that eating fats is actually healthier. wouldn't this mean that the manufactured bacon craze was actually a good thing?

[@Star-nl5id]

Well no, bacon still causes cancer

[@IsmailofeRegime]

@@Star-nl5id Yeah, the point Adam was making in the other video wasn't "fat is wonderful," it was that Americans exchanged it for sugar, which was even less healthy because of how many Americans were innocuously consuming increasing amounts of it.

[@OneFlyingEye]

No offence but the writing of the show seems to have really tanked in the last 4 episodes of season 2 and the first two episodes of season 3. There are far fewer facts, far more opinions and rather than making the shows feel like quirky little adventures they now feel more like droning preaching with poorly executed jokes thrown in, also the quality of the experts seems to have dropped from researchers to just random people who are advocates for a cause. Get your act together, don't ruin adam ruins everything.

[@WickedKnightAlbel]

One more reason why I'm vegan

[@demon515]

I thought the reason people became vegan is to brag to normal people that they’re vegan.

[@braxtonrichins]

I'll still eat bacon.

[@geardrivensmoke1657]

Sorry Adam, but you failed to mention the how's and why's on that research claiming not proving that processed meat is a carcinogen. In all realty, it's the bread, sugar, and carbs fillers that make it bad. Have your burger bacon & hot dogs. Just get over the bread some way.

[@antoniusevan3722]

Wow that explain why I hate Bacon and sausage and other processed meat, my body reject the poison.

[@UTHookEmHorns73]

😂🤣😅🤣😂🤣😅🤣😂 No Adam. I eat bacon because I love the taste of it. Just as my grandparents before me did. You know...well before the big bacon marketing push in the early 1990's. Most everyone I knew loved bacon well before the marketing strategy of the 90's mentioned in this video. Oh, and stop pushing responsibilities of individuals that choose their lives a certain way on others. People have choices. They don't have to engage in bad practices/behavior if they don't want to or just because someone tells them to. I certainly don't. I eat bacon because it's delicious. Not because someone tells me to. And yes, I know it's not healthy. With that said. Most studies that link any activity to any health issues typically don't take into account the habits and environmental conditions in which the vast majority of those used in the study have. So there's rate a study that can truthfully say that any one activity causes any symptoms 100%. In fact, rarely can they actually truthfully say it's a fact 50%. That's why recommended eating habits are constantly changing. Think we've all heard the saying, "everything causes cancer". The fact of the matter is that we're all different. How our bodies process what put into them is all different to some extent. Yes, there are basic guidelines that we should follow. However, my grandmother lived to 93 years old eating & doing most things that today we are told not to. Including she ate lots of bacon. Of course there are reasons why she, and many others, could do that. Just as I know many people that have "eaten healthy" all their lives who died early due to health problems. So studies & statistics have to be "taken with a grain of salt". They're never as simple as the outcomes projected by their creators in most cases. It always amazes me how many people preach that things aren't so black & white yet take these studies so literally. Let's not forget that in most cases the facilitators of these studies/statistics have agendas too. Many wouldn't get a paycheck if they didn't skew studies a certain way. You think that only "big bacon & meat" lobby and heavily contribute to political campaigns. That's outside the agendas that the politicians themselves have themselves. They have strong beliefs/opinions just as much as everyone else does. Just as do the creators & host of this program do. Don't just believe something to be true because it fits how you feel. You could be wrong, and you could be harming society far more with actions as a result of your opinions. Remember...the truth usually is in the middle grey areas.

[@monolithic6382]

I absolutely DESPISE bacon 🤢 I kinda felt like I was committing treason or heresy, but maybe not so much now

[@Sirenhound]

But you can't ruin my stick. Not my stick! My stick is BETTER than bacon!

[@yousufazad6914]

How are you guys still alive?

[@ryansiengmusic]

I watched this while eating bacon, knowing the health risks and capitalism that comes with it

[@fahmidchowdhury8664]

Luckily I am Muslim thus, I can't eat bacon.

[@castironbandito]

Even as a meat-eater, I found the whole bacon craze to be out of control. Yeah, bacon is good as a topper. But, do you really need to eat it with ice cream and cupcakes? In my opinion, bacon is one of the unhealthy foods that are actually healthy since it gives you protein. That's why I eat meat, so I can get my protein.

[@caydes]

That's gross ice cream

[@TiagoMorbusSa]

Go vegan. Save the environment.

[@tinothee8650]

The Raddest Scorpion You mean deforest the planet to make room to grow all of those vegetables right? Catch 22.

[@TiagoMorbusSa]

@@tinothee8650 Well, considering soy is 97% used for cow feed, yeah, I mean DON'T deforest the forest for your cow. Educate yourself.

[@tinothee8650]

The Raddest Scorpion Oh, trust me, I do. And I want to point out that you fail to realize that veganism can’t support a population of our size, and I’m talking world population, not the US. Without processed foods, there wouldn’t be enough food to support our current population and embracing any such ideal as pure vegetable diets will lead to eventual starvation, suffering, and likely violence for many across the globe. You can claim moral high ground, but that’s only because you care only for yourself and to hell with anyone else who thinks differently, right?

[@tinothee8650]

The Raddest Scorpion And where exactly did you get that statistic from anyway? After a search I found NO research or even an article to support your claim. Or did you make it up like just many of you are want to do.

[@mattias1234]

The Raddest Scorpion Meat is not the cause of cancer, it is a form of preservative found in meat that gives cancer. Preservative is Sodium nitrite is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula NaNO2. It is a white to slightly yellowish crystalline powder that is very soluble in water and is hygroscopic. It is a useful precursor to a variety of organic compounds, such as pharmaceuticals, dyes, and pesticides, but it is probably best known as a food additive to prevent botulism. In the early 1900s, irregular curing was commonplace. This led to further research surrounding the use of sodium nitrite as an additive in food, standardizing the amount present in foods to minimize the amount needed while maximizing its food additive role.[9] Through this research, sodium nitrite has been found to inhibit growth of disease-causing microorganisms; give taste and color to the meat; and inhibit lipid oxidation that leads to rancidity.[9] The ability of sodium nitrite to address the above-mentioned issues has led to production of meat with improved food safety, extended storage life and improving desirable color/taste.[9] It has the E number E250. Potassium nitrite (E249) is used in the same way. It is approved for usage in the EU,[10][11] USA[12] and Australia and New Zealand. Nitrate or nitrite (ingested) under conditions that result in endogenous nitrosation has been classified as "probably carcinogenic to humans" by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

[@friendlyneighborhoodgoblin9339]

Don't forget bacon donuts!

[@relyk.mp4]

I eat bacon almost every month and I’m still not fat

[@someguy2135]

You can stop as soon as you get cancer? Obesity is not the only health consequence.

[@fhisaldsfulda3241]

Ok I'm gonna start ignoring those Americans shouting *you're not a man you don't love bacon* in my face now.

[@الدخس-ب7د]

I love this show

[@linkified0471]

PLEASE DON’T FIND MY HOUSE AND KILL ME!! I don’t like bacon, PLEASE DON’T KILL ME

[@evanbarnes9984]

Group 1 known carcinogen refers to the quality of evidence that demonstrates something to be carcinogenic. Group 1 means the evidence is really good. It doesn't mean that it's a really strong carcinogen, you have to use other classifications for that. Like, I'm pretty sure polonium is also group 1, but that has a slightly different level of carcinogenicity. Anyway, you don't need carcinogenicity to not eat pigs. Pigs may be even smarter than dogs, which for me at least is too smart to eat. I would not eat a dog, so nor do I eat pigs anymore.

[@cassieoz1702]

None of which explains the popularity of bacon outside USA

[@NomadAngie]

Now I want something with bacon

[@irisraigayheart1676]

*just ate bacon and is now eating a hot dog*

[@wakkoblockmango6658]

Who else got hungry after this vid?

[@PoldaranOfDalaran]

I added bacon to my grocery list.

[@krinkles147]

i ate bacon while watching this, and then after watching i ate a few more strips

[@asorto_18]

This video made me want bacon

[@JDMdrifterboy7]

Pretty sure Jim Carrey murdered the deli guy with a jalapeño in the 90s

[@c0smicc0re]

This is why I eat Turkey Bacon. It's at least like, way more healthier and way more delicious.

[@xardiesn.o.o.b4971]

Wait, wait.. bacon lube? That doesn't seem right like at all

[@charleslescoe6617]

Doesn’t matter why they created a bacon craze, because Bacon is good and amazing. So amazing who cares 😀

[@iperson651]

Also bacon chips

[@tutacat]

Don't forget bacon toothpaste

[@18Ty18]

I’m still going to eat bacon

[@jenaepeterson]

Is that they guy from dumb and dumber who died choking on a burger?

[@williamr7147]

2:35 lube... Wait that's illegal

[@gem9535]

As someone who dislikes bacon, this is validating.

[@TommWayfarer]

I will like to highlight the part where Adam says Processed meat. So, there's something in the process that is in fact carcinogen. It is not the meat is the process.

[@someguy2135]

The World Health Organization's panel of experts found processed meat to be a class one carcinogen and red meat to be a class two carcinogen. Google it.

[@TommWayfarer]

@@someguy2135 here's what you are saying I quote "high consumption of red meat or processed meat. Although these risks are small, they could be important for public health because many people worldwide eat meat and meat consumption is increasing in low- and middle-income countries. Although some health agencies already recommend limiting intake of meat, these recommendations are aimed mostly at reducing the risk of other diseases. With this in mind, it was important for IARC to provide authoritative scientific evidence on the cancer risks associated with eating red meat and processed meat."

[@TommWayfarer]

@@someguy2135 In other words is more risky eating oat from Quaker I can say. AND we still waiting for the scientific information frome IARC

[@someguy2135]

@@TommWayfarer So instead of eating Quaker oats, we should eat organic oats from the bulk department.

[@someguy2135]

@@TommWayfarer In addition to cancer, animal products are associated with cardiovascular disease, obesity, and high blood pressure. Vegans have lower rates of all these problems.

[@michaelgmr60]

Im going to eat something healthy pls help me

[@bennypika3575]

soy and corn are not ur friends

[@sonnyboehe3078]

Next up Adam ruins vegetables

[@dancepiglover]

Hotdogs are gross, and even when I was a kid I thought that bacon was a crap cut of the pig. It's about 50% fat and what meat there is is hard and crunchy. Don't we usually like our meat to be tender and juicy?

[@schottybutitsspelledlikesc6860]

Wait, did he just say *bacon lube* ? We really finna ignore him saying *"bacon lube"* ?????

[@bowchickabowwowthatswhatmy3219]

It's a sick sad world

[@zac.bolin01]

Yes

[@Hitomankiri]

You know he did ;)

[@godlessgoth213]

I wonder if the lube comes in a jelly form.....bacon lubricating jelly

[@marasmus9278]

Bacon anal lube.

[@josephwolf7552]

Fun fact the popularity of Bacon helped Kevin Bacon's movie career

[@dddhhh2612]

so says jim gaffigan!

[@NWFBOY]

Nothing wrong with bacon ..

[@CandleCoveCast]

@@NWFBOY Except for the fact Adam mention that it can cause cancer.

[@GamingGardevoir]

@@CandleCoveCast it doesn’t cause cancer, it has a negligible effect on your cancer risk. See other comment threads for details

[@cianna4544]

"Start reading the comments and weep for humanity." 😂😂😂 facts

[@curtisbadio8836]

“Is he gonna chop his finger off?” “Worse, he’s gonna hit him with lobbyist money”

[@where_r_you6890]

Nooooooooo!!!!!

[@Ensensu2]

Should have gone with the finger, there's no way he can market that.

[@TheAnnaShowUk]

Bacon lube: to help with your porkin’!

[@Ozukai]

"Time to make some bacon, baby!"

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

1980's Reagan Era also pushed to use more chemicals in lawns and gardens. While pushing to stop warnings of cancers from it. Adam should make a video about that too.

[@rizkidjakaria9570]

I've heard of Bacon ice cream. That sounds G-R-O-S-S