“Life tastes pretty good any time a hot dog is involved, but could those hot dogs actually be shortening your life?”
The following written content by Will Ganss
Life tastes pretty good any time a hot dog is involved, but could those hot dogs actually be shortening your life? A new study suggests it’s possible.
New research from the University of Michigan suggests that eating one hot dog takes 36 minutes off your life.
The study evaluated more than 5,800 foods, ranking them by their nutritional disease burden to humans.
A beef hot dog on a bun resulted in 36 minutes lost, “largely due to the detrimental effect of processed meat,” the study found.
If that headline stresses you out, imagine what competitive eating legend Joey Chestnut thinks.
“Does he need to be worried that all of these hot dogs are just taking years and years off of his life?” ABC News’ Will Ganss asked registered dietician Christy Brissette.
“I think if you’re eating hot dogs in a Joey-type of way, this could be a turning point in your life to maybe cut back a little bit,” Brissette said. “If you enjoy a hot dog once in awhile, completely fine. Everybody wants to have fun foods in their life, and that’s part of enjoying eating.” Read more from ABC 7.
