is the following food safe to eat?

Question

i heared that you are not sappost to eat red meat like
ham
bologna
hotdog

you know the regular sandwitch things, i heared that if you eat bologna or hotdog you can get cancer. is it true

Answer 1

Processed meat products like hot dogs and bologna have lots of nitrites for preservation. Nitrites are not good for you. Also they have lots of fat and sodium, but as far as I know, no carcinogens

Answer 2

And you're worried about a Hot Dog?

During food processing. It is normal to find bacteria in the intestines of healthy animals that we use for food. If these organisms come in contact with meat or poultry during processing, they can contaminate the food.
During food growing. Fresh fruits and vegetables can be contaminated if they are washed or irrigated with water that is contaminated with animal manure or human sewage.
During food handling. Food can be contaminated when an infected person handles the food or if the food comes in contact with another contaminated product. For example, if you use the same cutting board for both chopping vegetables and preparing raw meat, you risk contaminating the vegetables.
Through the environment. Many harmful organisms are commonly found in dirt, dust, and water, including the bacteria Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens and the parasite Cryptosporidium parvum. These organisms may find their way into the foods we eat. Environmental conditions—such as water polluted by agricultural runoff—may make this type of infection more frequent.

Answer 3

There have been studies about meats cured and preserved with nitrites/nitrates that show they are not good for us. You can buy nitrate/nitrite-free hotdogs and meats at stores like Whole Foods and Wild Oats. Smoked meats, which also often contain nitrites) have been show to have carcinogens.

Answer 4

Not really, at least not regularly. All cured meats contain nitrites. These include bacon and fish.

Nitrite additives in hotdogs form carcinogens.
Petition to ban nitrites Three different studies have come out in the past year, finding that the consumption of hot dogs can be a risk factor for childhood cancer.

Peters et al. studied the relationship between the intake of certain foods and the risk of leukemia in children from birth to age 10 in Los Angeles County between 1980 and 1987. The study found that children eating more than 12 hot dogs per month have nine times the normal risk of developing childhood leukemia. A strong risk for childhood leukemia also existed for those children whose fathers' intake of hot dogs was 12 or more per month.

Researchers Sarusua and Savitz studied childhood cancer cases in Denver and found that children born to mothers who consumed hot dogs one or more times per week during pregnancy has approximately double the risk of developing brain tumors. Children who ate hot dogs one or more times per week were also at higher risk of brain cancer.

Bunin et al, also found that maternal consumption of hot dogs during pregnancy was associated with an excess risk of childhood brain tumors.

Q. How could hot dogs cause cancer?

A. Hot dogs contain nitrites which are used as preservatives, primarily to combat botulism. During the cooking process, nitrites combine with amines naturally present in meat to form carcinogenic N-nitroso compounds. It is also suspected that nitrites can combine with amines in the human stomach to form N-nitroso compounds. These compounds are known carcinogens and have been associated with cancer of the oral cavity, urinary bladder, esophagus, stomach and brain.

Answer 5

EEEW - Hot Dogs, Bologna etc. are made from the parts of a pig that would normally get disgarded such as the scrotum, gums and eye lids, who would voluntarily eat this crap anyway!! - YUK

Answer 6

No thats not true. You can eat all of those things unless you are supposed to eat Kosher food. In other words if you arent Jewish, eat away and if you are hold off.

Answer 7

Pork ham is definitely not good for you. Try substituting turkey. There is turkey ham, bologna and hot dogs.

Answer 8

these days everything causes cancer !

Answer 9

I don't know about that but they're definitely not healthy!!