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Hot diggity dog! You might want to keep this in mind next time you eat a hot dog!
Experts at the University of Michigan have calculated the health burden of different foods by looking at their carbon footprint and nutritional impact. According to a new study, every hot dog you eat shortens your lifespan by 36 minutes, but peanut butter and jam sandwiches increase your time!
A portion of nuts can add 26 minutes to a person life and a pb&j gives you more than half an hour extra!
The study says "For example, we found that, on average, 0.45 minutes are lost per gram of any processed meat that a person eats in the US. The 61 grams of processed meat in a hotdog sandwich results in 27 minutes of healthy life lost due to this amount of processed meat alone."