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The Biggest Cancer Causing Food Ever (Your Kids Unfortunately Love It)
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Of course, eating a hot dog at a baseball game once or twice a year won’t kill you. It’s all about awareness. Long term consumption, such as eating hot dogs every weekend, every single summer and fall, will definitely increase your risk of developing cancer.
If you and/or your kids love hot dogs, you can at least make healthier choices. Look for hot dogs with a lower calorie, fat, and sodium content. Choose hot dogs that list only one animal, as we mentioned above. Whether you choose turkey or pork franks, it doesn’t matter. You can also look for hot dogs that say they come from free range animals or animals that were not given hormones or antibiotics.
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Eating vegan or veggie hot dogs that are usually made from soy protein sound better but they also have their own health risks. Although veggie dogs have lower fat and calorie content, which means lower cholesterol levels, eating soy has been shown to have problems for women in the areas of fertility and reproductive health.
Speaking of healthier options, those plant based preservatives can be just as harmful. You can find a great many products that say they contain celery juice or beet juice preservatives but these also contain nitrates and nitrites. Whether they are plant based or animal based, nitrates and nitrites are cancer causing substances.
Although hot dogs do contain some protein and a few vitamins and minerals, overall, the risk of developing cancer is too high for any dog, let alone a hot dog.
References:
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/whats-in-your-wiener-hot-dog-ingredients-explained/
