What is this "too much bacon" of which you speak?

The "problems" associated with bacon:

• Generally, traditionally raised hogs are harder to find that beef/lamb/chickens. Conventional meat has its issues. See recent question/discussion: http://paleohacks.com/questions/147593/is-conventional-animal-fat-really-that-bad
• Omega 3/6 ratio is not super in pig fat. Though, as I like to point out, it's hardly the same as rancid corn oil!
• Nitrosamines from nitrates are considered cancer-causing. I asked the question a while back if nitrosamines produced in food have any direct cancer-causing ability, and the conclusion we came to was that the nitrosamines produced in food is a tiny fraction of the dose necessary to cause cancer in animals. See: http://paleohacks.com/questions/139951/do-nitrosamines-produced-in-food-actually-cause-cancer

My take: bacon is fine, it's not an optimal meat, but hardly harmful even in large doses.

It's too much when it starts to make you feel worse, not better.

Is this too much bacon?

The answer you seek is 23 pieces.

I once had 23 pieces of bacon for breakfast. That was too much bacon. I yarfed it up about 60 minutes later. :-P

As long as it is the good stuff (like you're doing, local, organic, no added nitrites, etc.), then I think it is fine. Especially if you're eating a bigger variety of meat during the rest of the day (I think grass-fed beef, lamb, and fish are cited as the best choices)...

We generally eat bacon most mornings as well.

Probably depends on how much you're eating. 2 slices, 3-5x a week is different from 2 pounds, 3-5x a week.

I work for a woman who is 100 years old. She loves bacon and has been eating it almost every day for decades. A woman was curious about her longevity and asked if she ate a lot of fish. My employer said, no, she liked red meat.

I have an autoimmune illness with gut inflammation, and digesting fats optimally has always been an issue. When I went 100%, the uptick in fats definitely gave me nausea. Allison Siebecker, ND, MSOM, LAC discusses this issue:

“Now, let me go back to that other one I wanted to mention for those with problems when starting Paleo, and thatʼs the problem with the fat digestion. The way youʼll notice this will be nausea, probably. You just felt like it was just too much fat [in your meal], or you might just feel too full. And this is really common. A lot of people who switch to Paleo, it can be a pretty radical dietary transition for a lot of people. And what you need to do here is just increase your fat slowly to give your body time to adapt its production of bile and fat-digesting enzymes.” - http://paleosummit-src.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Dr-Allison-Siebecker-Paleo-Digestive-Troubleshooting.pdf

She suggests upping the fat slowly, which I plan to do by allocating to more fish & chicken

You can have too much of anything (including water). I don't know what the best amount is for bacon though, 3-5 seems ok to me.

From the source you described...until you run out!

I'm just going to relay some hearsay from two sources I trust -- bacon is very high in monounsaturated fat which tends to cause inflammation if consumed in high quantities in proportion to saturated fat.

I have heard this both from Dave Asprey and from Kiefer, though only in conversation (not in writing).

I would love for someone to comment, clarify, debunk, etc.

http://www.makingbaconathome.com/