Be prepared to be shocked. Did you know that maybe one of your favorite foods, contain extremely harmful ingredients.
Surely not you know that hot dogs come from Germany. In America they are brought by German immigrants and today are among the most consumed meal. Every summer in America are eaten 7 billion hot dogs. But surely you do not know how harmful can be for your ogranizam.
Hot dogs are made from chicken, beef and pork meat. But in the processing which is fully robotic, often added and various remains of animals such as legs, claws, skin and fat. All these things are mixed to to get sausage. Finally Mong additives are added such as corn syrup, monosodium glutamate, salt and many others in order to get the desired flavor.
These flavors are different in all areas depending on the desires of people who consume them. The scary thing is that Monosodium glutamate and carmine flavors are made from color shells of tiny beetles that boiled in sodium carbonate or ammonia.
But we we could never know what additives are used in production, because they are not written on the label.
A recent study by University of Hawaii have shown that processed meat is extremely dangerous, it increases the risk for pancreatic cancer to 67%.
Nitrites and nitrates are also among the many harmful additives in processed meat. These are some of the major causes of cancer of the stomach, pancreas, bladder and bowel.
American Institute for Cancer Research claims that one hot dog a day increases the chances of colorectal cancer by 21%.
Watch the video below to learn more about the production of hot dogs: