How salutary Are the Hot Dogs You Are Eating?

If you've eaten your share of ballpark franks, now may be a good time to demand how wholesome the hot dogs in your diet well are.

According to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, Americans sharp about 20 billion weiners per year, qualifying them as a beloved national food that probably ranks above even apple pie. Despite harmful rumors about distasteful ingredients such as pig snouts or chicken feathers, franks have prolonged to sell at a narrative rate. It's been estimated that the median American eats about 70 hot dogs per year, with 95% of American homes serving hot dogs at one time or another. No doubt a good number of those are served on the 4th of July!

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In 2006 alone, Americans ate enough ballpark franks to stretch lengthwise from Washington D.C. To San Francisco. New York tops all other U.S. Cities for per capita hot dog consumption. Chicago is also known for its sausage consumption, with O'Hare Airport selling six times more hot dogs than Los Angeles International Airport and LaGuardia Airport combined.

So what do hot dogs contain? according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, they may include a variety of meat sources such as pork, beef, chicken, or turkey. If disclosed on the label as "with variety meats" or along with "meat byproducts," liver, kidney, and hearts may also be included in hot dog ingredients.

Weiners with the term "mechanically separated meat" (Msm) on the label have been processed through a sieve or other mechanical device intended to cut off the meat from the bones. Although mechanically separated beef is no longer allowed in hot dogs (due to the threat of Mad Cow Disease), a unavoidable division of mechanically separated pork, chicken, or turkey may still be present.

If you feel you must eat meat-based hot dogs, the safest franks are those labeled "all beef" or "all" of some other type of meat. When this label is applied, frankfurter ingredients may only include meat from a singular species. More importantly, meat byproducts are not allowed.

Even "all beef" or "all chicken" hot dogs generally include Msg or sodium nitrate as flavor enhancers. Study has shown that sodium nitrate contributes to the formation of cancer-causing chemicals in the body. Though not outlawed, Msg has also been blamed for a number of ailments, along with migraine headaches, asthmatic attacks, and sleep disorders.

Since Americans are not likely to give up their ballpark franks, a safer alternative would be to consume a vegan or vegetarian option. Such franks would be appetizing prepared on a grill and placed on a bun with the customary fixins' such as mayo, ketchup, mustard or pickle relish. They are low-fat, low (or zero) cholesterol, and free from the danger of Mad Cow Disease (not to mention bone meal or meat byproducts).

There are enough vegetarians in our golf league now that, during the every year picnic, the golf procedure owner all the time grills some of these vegan or vegetarian franks. Though not a vegetarian himself, he even thinks to put the vegan weiners on the top rung of the grill so they don't pick up any drippings.

If you are involved about the ingredients in the typical ballpark frank, or wonder what is in them, now might be a good time to try a vegan or vegetarian option. You may find that you like the taste quite well, and improve your health (as well as save the life of a cow) in the process.

How salutary Are the Hot Dogs You Are Eating?

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