After Joey Chestnut won for the 13th time in the "Nathan competition" to eat "hot dogs", which is held annually in New York City, and broke the record, by eating 76 pieces in 10 minutes, on the fourth of last July, researchers at the University of Michigan released 19 August, Study says "Eating one hot dog can cut 36 minutes of life, while nuts add 26 minutes."
This means that Chestnut could lose 1.3 years of his life, for consuming 19,200 hot dogs over 16 years, which the man rejected in his interview with the Washington Post.
He insisted, "He is in good health, because he eats healthy food all year round, except for the competition time only."
He joked on Twitter, "I may need to eat more nuts to make up for my lost life."
But researchers say, "The problem is bigger than replacing hot dogs with nuts." The study evaluated more than 5,800 types of foods, and found that hot dogs were the most harmful, and that replacing 10% of the daily calories gained from red and processed meat with a mixture of fruits, vegetables and nuts. Pulses and seafood can add 48 minutes of healthy life to our lives.
Eating 50 grams of processed meat per day increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 18% (Pixels)
One of the worst foods
Processed meats, sausages and cold sandwiches may be delicious and tempting, but doctors advise avoiding them, and consider them among the worst foods that can be purchased, after a 12-year European study of nearly half a million men and women linked a consistent diet of processed meat and death. early .
Processed meats are often treated with dyes, preservatives, lactic acid and sodium nitrite to give them a pink color and flavour, according to the North American Meat Institute (NAMI), ingredients that scientists suspect may be involved in the formation of cancer-causing compounds in the body.
A 2013 study showed that preservatives added to sausages, which give them a more natural color and longer shelf life, turn into nitrates, which have been linked to cancer in test animals.
Carcinogens
Interactions between saturated fats, salt, nitrates and iron “increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, cancer, and higher mortality,” based on a study published in March 2015 and corroborated by a report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) released 7 months later, He stated that sausages and processed meats are not completely healthy, because they contain carcinogens.
Also, there is some evidence to suggest a relationship between processed meat and stomach cancer, and a recent study found that there is an increased risk of breast cancer among women who eat these meats.
One hot dog is high in saturated fat (more than 14 grams), four times more sodium (the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends less than 2.3 milligrams of sodium per day), and 50 percent more nitrates than preservatives. Whole before adding seasonings such as ketchup, mustard and garnish.
Eating red and processed meat increases the risk of coronary heart disease (pixels)
heart and obesity
As for its risk to heart health, Dr. Raed Barghout, a cardiologist at a California hospital, says, “Sausages and cold processed meats (sandwiches) are at the forefront of foods that can increase cardiovascular disease, and cause heart attacks and strokes. ".
Based on an analysis of studies of more than 1.4 million people, followed over a period of 30 years, it turns out that eating red and processed meat is more likely to increase the risk of coronary heart disease later in life.
Also, many processed meats contain high-fructose corn syrup, which often leads to weight gain or obesity, which turns these tasty meats into unwanted extra pounds, according to the American Heart Association.
Some of these meats are also loaded with calories and fat, for example, salami contains about 441 calories and 41 grams of fat (76% saturated fat) in a 3.5-ounce (100-gram) serving. Salami sandwich.
Replacing 10% of your daily calories from processed meat could add 48 healthy minutes to your life (Pixabe)
Even small amounts are dangerous
Even small amounts of processed meat may increase the risk of colorectal cancer, according to a study by the Harvard School of Public Health, which indicated that each daily serving of 50 grams of processed meat (about one to two slices of deli meat, or one hot dog) It was associated with a 42% higher risk of heart disease and a 19% higher risk of diabetes.
A 2011 research review found that eating 50 grams of processed meat per day increased the risk of colorectal cancer by 18%.
Dr. Nigel Brockton, director of research at the American Institute for Cancer Research, spoke of “a 4% increase in the risk of developing cancer, even when eating 15 grams per day,” adding that the institute advises people to “limit” red meat, but they should “avoid” Processed meat.
be more aware
Finally, there are many other processed meats that are full of fat and calories, and you probably can't give them up completely, in which case you have to be more aware of what you choose to eat, by "choosing the types that do not contain added sugar" when buying, and not Just having the words “nitrate-free, or no nitrate added” and checking the ingredients on the packaging, leaving it long and full of incomprehensible words, is evidence that the product is intensively processed, says Dr. Raed Barghout.