What’s Actually In A Hot Dog? Eww! | Noah Praamsma, MS, RDN

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Physicians Committee

Carroll, Health & Fitness, Diabetes, Science, Nutrition, Vegan, Pcrm, Barnard, Weightloss, Food, Health, Recipes, Medicine, Diet

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Americans eat 20 billion hotdogs every year. The problem? Few know what they're made of!

What's worse? Hot dogs are also one of the least healthy foods you can eat. They are proven to cause everything from cancer to high blood pressure and obesity.

So, what's in a hot dog that makes them so bad for you? Dietitian Noah Praamsma takes an inside look at the ingredients and how they affect your health as he joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast.

Of course, hot dogs are an American pastime that's synonymous with baseball. Noah also talks about the Major League Baseball stadiums offering healthier options for fans.

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Hot Dog Survey

https://pcrm.widen.net/s/fvcwcdkd2n/physicians-committe-for-responsible-medicine-morning-consult-baseball-and-hot-dog-survey

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Cancer Resources

https://www.pcrm.org/health-topics/colorectal-cancer

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Carrot Dog Recipe

https://bit.ly/carrotdogrecipe

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Where: Rochester, MN

When: April 17-18, 2025

Who: Dr. Neal Barnard, Brenda Davis, Chuck Carroll

Tickets: https://www.lotushealthfoundation.org/2025-symposium-and-gala

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0:00.0	Today on the exam room.
0:04.0	The important thing that you need to know about what they do is that they cause damage to your DNA.
0:09.0	They get into your cells, they come into contact with your genetic material and start causing mutations.
0:15.0	And that is really the birthplace of cancer.
0:21.9	Oh boy, happy almost baseball season.
0:24.9	Let's go Mets.
0:25.8	That's what I have to say about that.
0:27.5	But we're really going to be talking about hot dogs today because, as I said, people
0:31.3	eat billions of hot dogs every single year.
0:33.9	As a matter of fact, research by the Hot Dog Council finds that the average American will eat 70 hot dogs every single year. And the majority of those people really
0:43.2	have no idea what's in them and what the ramifications could possibly be for their health. Well,
0:48.4	today, we are going to coach up and raise your health IQs as we look at America's pastime and the food of all pastimes,
0:56.9	the good old-fashioned hot dog. Noah P is our registered dietitian making his exam room debut today.
1:02.9	I'm so excited that he is here. We've got so much to talk about, including his team going in and really
1:09.1	looking at a hard survey that we have done at the
1:13.0	Physicians Committee of people talking about, well, do you actually know what a hot dog can
1:16.8	do to you? A lot of us really don't. All we know is how they taste. So let's dive into it. Noah P is
1:22.4	the man with the master plan. Welcome to the show, my friend. Hey, thank you so much for having me chuck i am thrilled to be
1:27.8	here with you today and of course all of the listeners as well i'm thrilled that you're here and uh by the way
1:33.1	as a first time guest i always like to uh start off with welcome to the show it's been uh it's been
1:38.4	overdue for you to be here man so i'm really excited to introduce you to the roomies. Thanks so much for having me. Yeah,
1:45.2	I know I've been a roomie myself for several years now and it means a lot to be part of the show now.
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