Cured meats, hot dogs etc... Is it only me?

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*** First this isn't meant to discuss the validity of the W.H.O report***

What i'm curious is if anyone on here cut back their intake of cured meats or if anyone is going to be more cognizant of their intake.

I went grocery shopping the other day and opened up the glass door to the hot dogs and brats then shut it without putting any in my shopping cart which is very unusual for me.

Two days now i was going to make a egg and ham breakfast sandwich with packaged cured ham and couldn't get myself to do it....throwing out the packaged ham now. :shock:


OK OK before y'all beat me down I'm sure i'll occasionally eat that stuff but I just can't believe the effect that report had on my eating habits. The meat industry has to be pi**ed because you know this will hurt their sales but I also know this will make folks more health conscious.
 
Yesterday I was at Sam's. Giant hot dogs- Nathan's

Added onion, Jalapeno and green chile. Damn near a veggie dog. I've always preferred the Kosher meats. I'm not of the Jewish faith. More of a Native American baptist Methodist blend.

The bread is probably worse for you than the dog
 
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It's just you. Then again our local grocery store started as a meat market so we buy their brats and wieners that are far less processed than the big brands are. There are certain cheap wieners that make me puke as soon as I eat them, it has happened more than once.

Did you stop eating bacon too?
 
Yendor said:
It's just you. Then again our local grocery store started as a meat market so we buy their brats and wieners that are far less processed than he big brands are. There are certain cheap wieners that make me puke as soon as I eat them, it has happened more than once.

Did you stop eating bacon too?
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I feel better eating my neighborhoods butchers brats so that's not an issue...really referring to the store bought crap. Bacon?.... I've been going light on bacon anyway but occasionally I'll pick up some bacon ends to add flavor to recipes.
 
Yeh, we slowed down on the "junk" a few years ago. Since you are starting to pay attention in the meats area, start looking at the ingredients in your other stuff too. Like bread, cheeses, chips, crackers etc etc. It really won't do much good if you stop in the meat area and then "junk" out in the breads and sides. If there is an ingredient in something that we don't know what it is then we look it up on the internet and edjumacate ourselves, it's not that hard and it will make the producers pay more attention to it if we pay more attention to it. You won't believe what they put in some breads as a conditioner.
 
MAB52 said:
Yeh, we slowed down on the "junk" a few years ago. Since you are starting to pay attention in the meats area, start looking at the ingredients in your other stuff too. Like bread, cheeses, chips, crackers etc etc. It really won't do much good if you stop in the meat area and then "junk" out in the breads and sides. If there is an ingredient in something that we don't know what it is then we look it up on the internet and edjumacate ourselves, it's not that hard and it will make the producers pay more attention to it if we pay more attention to it. You won't believe what they put in some breads as a conditioner.
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Yes same thing here on the ingredients on stuff...but I need to pay closer attention.

I want to start making my own breads and have cut out things like corn syrup and soda pops etc...

JohnnyB said:
It's just like anything else, moderation is key.
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Lots of truth to that!
 
JohnnyB said:
It's just like anything else, moderation is key. When they stop flip flopping every other year about how eggs are going to kill us, then I will take them a little more seriously.
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This!

I'm sifting through someone's debunking of this recent news as we speak. There's always something that's "proven" bad today- and then gets switched soon- then switched back, etc... I don't trust any of this without info...

I'll keep on keeping on the same way, until something definite comes down the pipe from a decent source.
Short answer- No
Long answer- Nnnnnooooooooooooooo!

Jimmy
 
I'm no longer able to eat processed meats due to health issues. Suckage!

Fortunately I make sausage, I will not be denied!
 
I'd say there are just as many cancer causing particles in the air we breathe as there are in processed meat. I say hold your breath for a few minutes every day, and it should all even out.
 
We eat much more organic and kosher now so a little here and there isn't too bad. The boys won't eat hot dogs but they will eat brats go figure a 3 and almost 2 that don't want hotdogs...
Honestly my bigger concern in the GMO's then anything else. I didn't read any of this stuff about the meat industry only hearsay. We have our own opinions and facts that we will stick with.
 
What I find funny are the Stevia users (I know there are some here). It's all natural, right? The highly processed Stevia extract is FDA approved, the whole Stevia plant leaf is not. How does that work? For the record I don't eat anything with fake sugar, and I include Stevia in that statement.
 
What report? Just kidding. Nobody gets out alive. Breathing is dangerous. Driving is dangerous. Could fall getting out of bed, smack your head on the bed post and end up on the floor with Fido humping your head. Yet you still breath, still drive and hopefully still get out of bed.
To me life is about accepting the fact that things I enjoy doing could harm me. I ride a motorcycle. Have done some risky things on it...185 mph on a public road etc. I go target shooting....with ammo I have loaded. Have seen more than one report of a gun coming unglued due to faulty "home loaded" ammo.
Try not to eat bacon every day. Nor ham. When we do it is a few slices of bacon, or just some ham cubes in my omelet.
There will no doubt be a report that contradicts THAT one shortly. GMO is bad for you, seen another that said that report is hogwash.
Even the meds some us NEED are dangerous to our well being. Yet we continue to take them....
Moderation is the key...Sorry for rambling
 
I've been an avid bacon lover for longer than I can remember. I know I'm not alone in this. I'm not afraid of bacon, with or without the mighty WHO. I've been a fan of barbecue and smoking meats for years, and just a few months ago, finally got a big Traeger pellet smoker. I'm not predicting eating less meat, or less "processed" meat (meat that's been cut up and/or salted, near as I can tell).

If, by its proclamations, the WHO has incited the masses to stay away from the butcher's counter in droves, it means there will be less demand and thus, lower prices. I count this as a win for me. :thumb:
 
Save the occasional forced sandwich due to time constraints or other things out of my control, I pass on processed meats and try to limit red meat consumption to once or twice a week.
 
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