You Will Never Believe What Food Can Help Fight Illness

From nose bleeds to scabies, you will be shocked when you find out what food can actually help your health.

As Thrillist tells us, bacon is the food that will actually help your health. Yes, bacon.

Is it just me or is this the best news you have heard all day? The scientific community worked tirelessly to find healthy ways for you to use bacon for your health and well, they succeeded. (enter fanfare)

It has been discovered that three illnesses can be at least partially cured with bacon. No, not maple cured.

Bacon has historically been used to stop severe nosebleeds, by stuffing it up your nostrils (the saltiness of the meat is supposed to constrict blood vessels).

It can also be used to help in the removal of harmful Dermatobia hominis (a.k.a the human botfly) parasites by using it as bait (who doesn't like bacon?).

And as a treatment for scabies (a.k.a. the seven year itch, caused by mites), you basically rub rendered bacon fat (plus a few additives) on yourself. This remedy is apparently 88% effective.

Yeah, it's weird, but aren't we all a little special?