After reading up closely on the ingredients that are used to make hot dogs and how they are prepared, you might be shocked to find out that this favorite food has its health implications behind it.There is no doubt that there is nothing natural about frankfurters because they are a processed food devoid of nutritional value. They are manufactured in big factories in a very automated process to a shocking extent of 300,000 hot dogs an hour.
Hot dogs contain a mixture of pork, beef and chicken. The process includes making use of offcuts to steaks, pork chops, none of which was intended to be consumed by one, and the rest of the slaughter products, the fatty tissues, animals feet, heads, etc. which are edible.
These ingredients are made into a thick paste and then some additives to make it very flavory are introduced. These consist of high levels of salt, corn syrup, MSG, nitrates and other chemicals.
Depending on the local tastes, the flavorings vary across regions.
These include MSG, carmine; a dye made when crushed beetles are boiled to death in a solution of ammonia or sodium carbonate. Markedly, the Department of Agriculture does not compel manufacturers to list flavorings on product labels meaning there is a lot of room to be left with undisclosed compounds.
Processed meats have also been shown to cause severe health problems such as hot dogs. A study conducted by the University of Hawaii concluded that processed meat consumption is a risk factor that influences pancreatic can.cer to rise by 67 percent.
Nitrates and nitrites are some of the most serious hot dog additives. Even organic hot dogs are found to have very high levels of such compounds. Flushed with excessive heat, they combine with amines in cured meat to create nitrosamines and those are substances that have been linked to a higher likelihood of developing many can.cers together with bladder, pancreatic, colon, and stomach can.cer.
The American Institute for Can.cer Research found that simply having a single hot dog a day increases the chance of having colorectal can.cer by 21%.
The following video shows an inside look at the process of making hot dogs.
