First, I love bacon. We buy 4 or 5 pounds at a time and store the ones we won’t be eating immediately in the freezer. We usually have bacon and eggs 2 or 3 times a week.
But I will admit that my wife and I knew a person who took it way too far. He didn’t end up with dementia that we know of but put himself at risk and then died by eating almost nothing but bacon every day. He went on some type of Arkins style diet where he basically ate nothing but bacon. He would not eat any carbohydrates including fruits or vegetables. He started having various problems fairly quickly and his doctor told him to add some variety to his diet... Vital organs started malfunctioning and basically shutting down. His wife who was a very close friend begged him to start eating what his doctor recommended.
But he had lost quite a bit of weight and didn’t recognize how awful he was looking and feeling because he was happy about the weight loss. Then he just died... I am not sure what killed him. I think it was a heart attack, but he had heart, liver and kidney problems along with some minor strokes... so who knows.
The guy was only in his 50s. I believe the people who go extreme on the high protein diet scams have an eating disorder that is every bit as serious as anorexia or bulimia. We have known several others who have died from this type of thing. All of them have been middle aged white men. It seems like women, minorities and old folks are not as affected by this eating disorder... I have no idea why; maybe they just go for high protein fad diets that allow some variety.
For minorities, it's their lifestyle. For us old folks, we just don't care after a certain age. For women, they never stay on a particular diet for very long if it doesn't include chocolate...............