'I'd rather die eating BACON': Tidal wave of pushback to WHO’s bacon-causes-cancer scare

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When the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that it was about to classify bacon as a dangerous food, it stepped into some serious pig-ordure with meat lovers.

WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer will soon conclude that processed meats should be placed in the highest of five possible rankings as “carcinogenic to humans,” along with other health hazards like cigarettes.

Because “it’s all about the #bacon.”

It’s all about the #bacon. The day in meat, according to our headlines via @thelistapp https://t.co/ZCF30M1Vv7 pic.twitter.com/TQffZp0wQq

— CNN (@CNN) October 26, 2015

@CNN @thelistapp I don’t care. I’m still gonna eat that BACON all day! — Cactus Johnson (@cactuscomedyfun) October 26, 2015

@CNN @thelistapp My grandparents ate bacon all the time, along with lard,fresh cows milk, eggs, cheese etc.

— SANDRA JOHNSON (@SANMANFL209) October 26, 2015

@CNN @thelistapp I’d rather die eating bacon, than live to eat cabbage, cauliflower, and egg plant. — Michael Trana (@teddynt) October 26, 2015

@CNN @thelistapp and begins the war on meat.

— Sir Ken Tucky (@Sir_Ken_Tucky) October 27, 2015

I don’t smoke, wear sunscreen, eat mostly organic etc etc but I honestly don’t think I can give up #bacon! https://t.co/EoUKMChQcu — Aisling Tomei (@CTVAshTomei) October 26, 2015

How do we even know they’re right? They condemned butter, cheese and eggs in the past too.

Remember when they said margarine was good for you & butter was bad for you? #Bacon

— Chuck Nellis (@ChuckNellis) October 27, 2015

@AC360 @drsanjaygupta Sounds like the Egg , whole milk and butter that would kill us but now it won’t. Follow the money. — edintampa (@edintampa) October 27, 2015

If it’s good enough for a 116-year-old woman, why not #bacon?

#Bacon makes everything better: World’s oldest woman, 116, eats it daily❗️https://t.co/Q5J6ilNFQd #tcot #ccot #pjnet #SisterPatriots #tgdn

— reFocusZone (@reFocusZone) October 21, 2015

I’m liking this advice: Eat #bacon, don’t jog and NEVER eat fruit https://t.co/psiLywdfOA #LCHF #health pic.twitter.com/oFdpSTKO5G — Lisa MarcAurele (@lowcarbyum) October 21, 2015

Some tweets raised the question: do we really have to listen to the U.N. anyway?

@CNN @thelistapp I remember being told eggs were bad too. How much $ did this study cost us? pic.twitter.com/OoVfWd62Z4

— Ozetty (@Ozetty) October 26, 2015

@CNN @thelistapp World Health Organization is a lefty front group that backs global warming crapola. I will have some bacon on that food. — CJN 54 (@cjn54) October 26, 2015

You know where to stick your advise………. #Bacon pic.twitter.com/uNKAxZGdKo

— michael (@mikeyb1000) October 26, 2015

Of course, in Canada, they love their Canadian bacon (and a lot of Americans love it too). Comedian Will Ferrell joked that it’s just like regular bacon, but with a difference.

Canadian bacon is just like regular #bacon , but with free health care and a passion for hockey. — Will Ferrell (@Will___Ferrell) October 26, 2015

Some tweets waxed fatalistic about the whole bacon thing. We all die anyway–no matter what we eat.

We all die anyway. I’m not going graze my way through life living on grass and leaves, like those crazy vegetarians #bacon

— Funny Tweets (@FunnyThingsUK) October 26, 2015

@CNN NOTHING! haven’t you heard? Everything causes cancer these days… — Curtis Kelly (@HeyGirlPR) October 26, 2015

It will be an honor if my tombstone says “Death By Bacon” #bacon ??? https://t.co/niMD5i7aiM

— Brian Tong (@briantong) October 26, 2015

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