Hot Dogs - Not The Best Choice For Your Child

May 16
08:20

2011

Patrick Daniels

Patrick Daniels

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Hot dogs are a favorite national pastime and just about everywhere you go in America you are likely to find one of these little yummy dogs peeking from outside a bun. When you look at the bigger picture however, hot dogs may be a lot more than just a delicious food to eat on the go and there are many reasons why you should think twice before gobbling down that hot dog.

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Hot dogs are a favorite national pastime and just about everywhere you go in America you are likely to find one of these little yummy dogs peeking from outside a bun. When you look at the bigger picture however,Hot Dogs - Not The Best Choice For Your Child Articles hot dogs may be a lot more than just a delicious food to eat on the go and there are many reasons why you should think twice before gobbling down that hot dog. While it may be yummy there may be risks involved in choosing this as your food of choice.

Did you ever wonder what was inside these plump meat casings? To begin with, hot dogs are made with left over parts from pork, beef and chicken. They use the parts of the animal they cannot use to make roasts, steaks or other prime cuts of meat. These leftover parts are considered undesirable and not the best meat to have in your diet.

Some medical professionals feel that it is the low standard of meat in generic hot dogs that may be causing many children to have Leukemia. While there has been little research done on the subject, children who eat hotdogs are more likely to have Leukemia and it is at least thought that there could be some link especially since children tend to eat more hotdogs than anyone else in the population and Leukemia is a child's disease.

But the contents of these yummy treats are not the only part that makes them controversial there is also a health risk for children since hot dogs are also a choking hazard. Many people don't realize this but the shape and size of a hotdog is the perfect size to become lodged in a child's throat. It is for this reason that many pediatricians and parents alike are asking hot dog companies to reconsider the design of the hot dog to reduce or virtually eliminate the number of choking deaths attributed to hot dogs each year.

Unfortunately, even by bringing awareness to the public regarding the unhealthiness of the hot dog, people will continue to purchase them at stadiums all over the United States or grabbing one while they run off to their destination.