What exactly are processed meats? This is a long
list that includes, but is not limited to, sausages,
hot dogs, bacon, most lunch meats like bologna
or pimento loaf.
Researchers who wrote in the journal of BMC
Medicine said that the excessive salts and
chemicals that are used when making processed
meats are damaging to your health. The study
showed that 1 in every 17 people who were
involved in the study died and those who ate 160
grams or more of processed meats increased
their risk of early death as much as 44 percent
within 12 years as opposed to those who ate 20
grams or less. This study involved people from 10
European countries and went on for almost 13
years.
All these processed meats contain numerous
chemicals and preservatives, including sodium
nitrates , which make them, look appealing and
fresh but are well known carcinogens. Smoking
meats seem to be particularly bad as the meat
picks up tar from the smoking process. Yes, tar,
the same deadly ingredient that cigarette smoke
contains
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