Assuming that you have not been living under a rock or totally "unplugged", you have heard the latest from the World Health Organization linking the consumption of processed and red meat with colorectal cancer. Although data is not currently available with recommended safe levels, limiting the intake of red meat and meat that has been salted, cured, smoked or fermented is recommended. Luckily for us, we knew this information all along. If you choose to eat meat limit your intake and select lean grass-fed, hormone-free options from a sustainable and reliable source.

 Thinking you may never be able to get your bacon fix? Fear not! Here are three nutritious, delicious, and even some vegan alternatives that will leave you healthily and happily satisfied...hold the bacon.