The occasional addition of fatty or processed food to an otherwise nutritious diet will not reduce the diet's nutritional quality. Bacon and eggs for breakfast every day is ill advised due to the high amount of fat, cholesterol, nitrites (cancer-causing substances) and low-fiber provided by this meal. However, a breakfast of bacon and eggs once every 3-5 weeks is harmless for most people.
Repeatedly choosing highly processed and refined foods high in fat, salt, sugar, or cholesterol will jeopardize vitamin and mineral intake, and the risk for developing numerous diseases escalates. The diet should be reviewed according to the daily or weekly food intake--not according to each food.
Overemphasis of one group to the exclusion or limitation of another group increases a person's risk for developing deficiencies of vitamins or minerals. p318
All this has been directly quoted from "The Essential Guide to Vitamins and Minerals" written by Elizabeth Somer, M.A., R.D. and Health Media of America.
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