What If You Only Ate Bacon For 3 Months?

there's nothing the internet loves more than cats memes and bacon popularized by seminal YouTube food channel Epic Meal Time bacon is one of the world's most delicious foods salty chewy smoky and sweet bacon really does have it all unfortunately this deliciousness comes at a cost because of its greasy Ness and high sodium levels bacon is also widely considered to be really unhealthy if eaten in large quantities but what would happen if you started eating bacon every day and stopped eating everything else enter our trusty assistant Brainard in this video he's gonna bite the meaty bullet and chow down on nothing but greasy delicious bacon all day every day for three months straight hey it's a tough job but someone's got to do it Willie rapidly gained weight clogging his arteries and raising his chances of heart disease as you'd expect or is it possible that he could lose weight and maybe even get into the best shape of his life guess we'll find out unfortunately for people who want to eat nothing but bacon or ice cream or candy humans require what's known as a balanced diet this doesn't so much involve weighing your food on a scale as it does making sure you get a good mix of nutrients that your body needs a surefire way to get that is to make sure you get your calories from a variety of different sources eating a mix of fruits vegetables grains nuts and proteins ensures that your body has the nutrition to run on its optimal state a nutritional imbalance or complete lack of nutrition can cause your body's organs and tissues to function improperly making you more liable to fall ill or feel tired and distracted knowing that it seems evident that our little bacon experiment with Brainard is bound to end badly after all how much nutrition can there really be in bacon when brain iord starts his bacon only diet with a bacon only breakfast he'll probably have a big ol smile on his face after all breakfast is the best meal of the day and bacon is the best part of breakfast however within the first couple of days of the experiment he'll likely start feeling fatigued dizzy and queasy does his system adjusts to all the fatty meats but then something magical happens his body will start burning fat at unprecedented levels well as blood sugar and insulin levels will drop massively from that point on his body will be a bacon fueled machine operating as efficiently if not more as it did on a balanced diet but why is that what caused the critical change that occurred within the first week to explain we'll have to dive into a little something called ketosis odds are you've heard of ketosis or ketogenic diets they're seriously all the rage right now keto takes the traditional carb heavy diet and flips it on its head macronutrients carbohydrates fats and proteins are the three basic components all foods consist of your typical acceptable macronutrient split is 45 to 65% carbs 20 to 35% fats and 10 to 35 percent protein the typical Kino diet however says the ideal macronutrient split is 75% fat 20% protein 5% carbs but how could all that fat be good for you well when your carb intake is so low your body enters a state known as ketosis in ketosis your body stops burning carbs for fuel and starts burning fat instead this conversion can be uncomfortable at first and lead to something called the keto flu which are the symptoms brain you'd experience early in the experiment however once you break past this point the returns are magnificent keto diet followers lose on average two point two times more weight than people on a reduced calorie low fat diet and even have improved triglyceride and cholesterol levels brenards blood sugar and insulin level improvements our ketosis related as well and reducing both are known to have huge health benefits the high level of protein he's consuming is also good for his health and his muscles the reason eating nothing but bacon worked so well for brainerd is that it's essentially an extremely reductive form of the ketogenic diet Bacon's high fat content and moderate protein content meant to fill the bill as keto friendly foods and it's got a high enough sodium and amino acid content to be relatively nutritious - that's sad while bacon is undoubtedly delicious even the most avid bacon lover would get sick of it after three months and well it's got a relatively okay nutritional profile it's still ideal to mix up your food sources a bit so you cover all your bases so what are some other keto friendly foods that can achieve the same results in a lately healthier and more taste diverse way luckily for caterers meals made with meat fatty fish eggs butter dairy oils nuts seeds and low carb vegetables are all on the menu so you'll have to cut up bread and sugar but on the bright side you can have all the steak and bacon and cheese your heart desires that said like bacon only diets keto diets aren't for everyone it can be tough to stick with long term after all who doesn't want a slice of pizza once in a while and can lead to social problems it's highly unlikely that new sushi restaurant your friends want to try will give you a plate of bacon and if you find your current diet isn't working for you and you want to try changing things up it's worth a try oh if you don't think Brainard's bacon experiment could possibly work in real life just take a look at a man named Dan quibble Dan did something called the bacon experiment where he ain't nothing but bacon for 30 days straight despite having other food cravings during the final week of the experiment the experiment went off without a hitch and Dan and his doctor were both extremely pleased with his health results his blood pressure dropped 30 points his cholesterol looked good and his liver markers were perfect his doctor even told him keep doing what you're doing because it's working well there you have it bacon is not the devil it has long been made out to be at least not if you're in ketosis so tomorrow morning load up on that greasy bacon and buttery fried eggs and cut out the toast might be the healthiest decision you've ever made if you enjoyed this video be sure to hit that like and subscribe button below then head over to the Brainiac YouTube channel for more tasty informational treats later brainiacs [Music] [Music] [Music]

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Keywords: Bacon, Keto, Ketosis, Experiment, Dan Quibell, Carnivore, Diet, Triglycerides, Cholesterol, Fat, Macros, Nutrients, how much fat can you eat, keto diet, how much fat do you need on the keto diet, what happens on ketosis?, what is ketosis

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Length: 6min 13sec (373 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 22 2020