For every hot dog eaten, 36 minutes of life are lost, study finds

How many hot dogs have we eaten in our lifetime? Undoubtedly, this fact, which is complex to determine, is now of interest to the reader. It is that a scientific investigation affirms that for every hot dog a person eats, they lose 36 minutes of life.

University of Michigan health researchers have found that eating a hot dog can waste a person’s time. The study, published in the journal Nature Food, Researchers analyzed 5,853 foods in the American diet and measured their effects on the minutes of healthy living gained or lost.

The team has developed an index that calculates the net health burden, beneficial or detrimental, in minutes of a healthy lifestyle associated with one serving of food. It is based on a study titled Global burden of disease, which measures the morbidity associated with a person’s food choices.

One of the foods the researchers measured was a Hot dog, because this food is also known in the United States. The 61 grams of processed meat have a loss of 27 minutes of healthy life. When ingredients such as sodium and trans fatty acids were included, the final value was 36 minutes lost.

“Previous studies of healthy or sustainable diets have often narrowed their results down to a discussion of plant-based foods versus animal-based foods, stigmatizing the latter as the least nutritious and sustainable,” they said. explained in the rationale for the study.

The report was led by environmental health expert Olivier Jolliet and included vegetables, meats, processed foods and sugary drinks. The goal was simple: determine how eating different foods affects.

Among the findings, it was concluded that a fried chicken wing, It “costs” 3.3 minutes of healthy living. Instead, you can counteract and save time by incorporating foods like peanuts and salmon. The two, according to the study, provide 26 and 16 minutes of healthy life, respectively.

The research team made several recommendations: they suggested replacing the 10% of daily calorie intake from beef and processed meats from a blend of selected fruits, legumes, nuts, seafood and vegetables. This could lead to an additional 48 minutes of healthy living.

“Although we have found that plant-based foods generally work better, there is considerable variation within plant and animal foods that must be recognized before such generalized inferences are justified,” the authors added. ‘study.

Processed foods

67% of the calories American children and teens consume in a day come from ultra-processed foods and only 23% come from minimally or unprocessed foods.

This is the main finding of a study conducted by the Friedman School (Boston, Massachusetts) that analyzed the diet and calorie intake of 33,795 American children aged 2 to 19 between 1999 and 2018.

The objective of the study, published this Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), time determine the dietary trends and ultra-processed consumption of America’s youngest population.

Ultra-processed foods are ready-to-eat products that are often high in added sugars, salt and carbohydrates, low in fiber, protein, vitamins and minerals, and generally contain hydrogenated oils and flavor enhancers.

The most consumed are sandwiches and packaged desserts, sugary breakfast cereals, French fries, fast food burgers and certain cold meats such as bologna or salami, and their excessive consumption is linked to diseases such as diabetes, obesity and certain types of cancer.

The study explains that Calorie consumption from ultra-processed foods among American children increased from 61% in 1999 to 67% in 2018, while calories from unprocessed or minimally processed foods fell from 28.8% to 23% .

In Argentina, the average consumption of ultraporcesados ​​(UP) is 185 kilos per capita per year. At the top of the world ranking of soft drink consumption with 131 liters per capita.

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