[Doohickey]

Talk about begging the question. They could have just as well said that bacon reduces cancer since we here in the south will wrap darned near anything in a slice of bacon.

[djf]

No joke.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=vitamin+d+lard&aq=f&aqi=&oq=&fp=be5ffa94030d2d34

[STARWISE]

LOL .. unfortunately most bacon.. much as we
all love it, crave it .. is one of those
foods that contains sodium nitrate .. which
has been shown to be a carcinogen.

http://www.thecancerblog.com/2006/06/26/avoid-nitrates-in-foods-when-possible/

There are brands of nitrate free bacon out there:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/376177

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&ei=Jk0cS9OnMYfdnAfb29DSAw&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&ved=0CAYQBSgA&q=nitrate+free+bacon&spell=1&fp=be5ffa94030d2d34