Hot dog- Fatty, Unhealthy, Cancerous & more?
Do you like hot dogs? Well, we have bad news for you. Not one, but two pieces of bad news for hot dog eaters, who care about either their health or fitness.
Hot Dog bun with mustard (busybrain@flickr)
Let’s first talk about how hot dogs are bad for your fitness. Hot dogs are basically processed meat, that is loaded with saturated fat. A regular hot dog has about 18 gms of fat. All the saturated fat besides clogging your arteries and increasing your risk of heart disease, adds to the calorie count of hot dogs! A regular hot dog with ketchup in a white bread roll totals up to 315 calories. Besides the fat and calories, hot dogs are loaded with sodium (to increase their shelf life and flavour). A regular hot dog contain upto 1000 mg of sodium. And we all know high sodium foods & weight gain, water retention, bloating and temporary weight gain, besides increasing blood pressure. To make it worse, hot dogs are eaten within a white bread bun. You’ve read about how unhealthy white bread really is - we call it the weight loss enemy.
So, you can really wonder how anyone on a diet can ever eat a hot dog! In India, hot dog kind of food is sold at a Hog Dog locations. These are equally unhealthy as hot dogs if not worse (they taste much worse).
Like we said, we have two pieces of bad news for hot dog lovers. We’re only done with one. The second piece of bad news is that hot dogs and other processed meats like salami, etc contain nitrites (used in preservatives). When broken down during the digestion process, nitrites might be carcinogenic (cancer causing), but this link is yet to be proven. Regardless of the link between the consumption of processed meats and cancer, its best to eat fresh foods. The fresher your food, the healthier it is, and the better it tastes.
So, if you’re indulging in hot dogs or its like, its best to make sure its an ocassional indulgence. Just in case you were wondering, soy dogs aren’t any better, since soy has its own health controversy. The good news is that if you stay off the hot dogs and other unhealthy diet habits, you’re likely to get closer to that six pack!
*calorie & nutrition information source: calorieking
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