My breakfast this morning was two strips of bacon, two eggs, and coffee. This is pretty much the American standard, except that I left out the usual toast, jelly, and hash browns that would have given me more carbohydrates than I wanted. Of course, I added a little salt and hot sauce to my eggs as well as some fresh herbs and a lot of chia seeds.
But this morning for the first time I ate this breakfast without guilt.
It wasn't the saturated fat in the bacon that had made me feel guilty. For me,...
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