A new study investigates the link between processed meat, sugar-sweetened beverages, and trans fatty acids, to diseases such as cancer, heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
The data showed that people who ate as little as one hot dog a day when it comes to processed meats had an 11% greater risk of type 2 diabetes and a 7% increased risk of colorectal cancer than those who didn’t eat any.
Who eats a hotdog a day? That seems … high.
Also the researcher’s comments at the bottom counteract the title, suggesting a balanced diet and not to panic.
1 hotdog a day would suggest a diet that is unbalanced and prioritizing cost and convenience. I would bet money that the comorbidities include sedentary lifestyle, poverty, limited access to fresh produce, poverty, limited education, and poverty.
You’d be amazed.
They’re cheap, available damn near anywhere you go, and filling. Lots of people driving long distances will gravitate to them.
Waaaaaay back in my youth, it was often a choice between having electricity and eating. Had a friend that worked overnight at a stop n rob. Me and my best friend could go there, have a free hotdog (or two sometimes), while hanging out and reading comics from the magazine rack.
Free food? Not even able to buy a beer if we could have afforded it? You damn skippy we had hotdogs every day :)
If my schedule was tight enough and the hotdogs were convenient enough, I could see myself doing that. They’re a classic street food, so it’s not like that’s an unthinkable scenario.
My mother in law had been eating a ton of them because she thought they were a health food and she was trying to diet and be healthy
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Yeah there’s few synapses firing up there at all. But don’t worry she still votes
Also 7% greater risk for something that’s only a 4% lifetime risk just moves the needle to 4.28% chance… So if 10000 people ate hotdogs every day then only 28 more of them would get colorectal cancer? Sounds like a fair trade for a ton of hotdogs
I just had 4 burgers and 5 dogs in one sitting all with the poster condiments and all. Will do it again some day.
