{"id":2383,"date":"2010-05-18T11:02:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/the-bad-boys-of-the-meat-counter.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:43:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:43:30","slug":"the-bad-boys-of-the-meat-counter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2383","title":{"rendered":"The Bad Boys of the Meat Counter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-opt-id=1205344446  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/S_J0Dq4hSxI\/AAAAAAAACgk\/LlygWBr4VqM\/s320\/HotDogs.jpg?w=735\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472564103608355602\" \/><\/p>\n<div><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\">It&#8217;s not meat, per se, that makes meat bad for you &#8230; it&#8217;s the crap they put in them to extend the shelf life.  <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\">Beef &#8230; fine. Pork &#8230; fine. Lamb &#8230; fine. But you might want to think about cutting down on your Slim Jim fetish. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span  style=\"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.6; \"><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\">&#8220;<\/span><i><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\">Processed meats such as bacon, salami, sausages, hot dogs and processed deli meats may be the most important to avoid<\/span><\/i><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\">,&#8221; said the lead author of a new study. <span style=\"line-height: 22px; \">They found that, on average, one to two slices of deli meats or one hot dog per day was associated with a <b>42 percent higher risk of heart disease<\/b> and a <b>19 percent higher risk of developing diabetes<\/b>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span  style=\"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans;\"><span style=\" line-height: 22px;\"><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\">The meat industry said &#8230; I&#8217;ll let you guess what they said &#8230; something on the order of <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span  style=\"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans;\"><span style=\" line-height: 22px;\"><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span  style=\"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans;\"><span style=\" line-height: 22px;\"><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\"><i>&#8220;oh, this isn&#8217;t really true; and oh you shouldn&#8217;t stop buying and eating our crap just because it is associated with heart attacks; and in the mean-time, why don&#8217;t you just relax with one of our new bacon wrapped salami dog pressed wonder meat stick food products!!&#8221;<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span  style=\"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans;\"><span style=\" line-height: 22px;\"><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span  style=\"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans;\"><span style=\" line-height: 22px;\"><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\">Or something similar. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span  style=\"font-family:arial, helvetica, sans;\"><span style=\" line-height: 22px;\"><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\">Reuters: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE64G5TN20100517\"><span  style=\"font-size:medium;\">Study suggests processed meat a real health risk<br \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=willclower\"><img data-opt-id=1342684942  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif?resize=125%2C16\" width=\"125\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" style=\"border:0\" \/><\/a><!-- AddThis Button END -->For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willclower.com\/\"> Click here to visit Will Clower&#8217;s website. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not meat, per se, that makes meat bad for you &#8230; it&#8217;s the crap they put in them to extend the shelf life. 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