Getty Images https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/43/c6/joeychestnut063019gettyftr_1jcdp9qtsuefs15kiab8c7svtf.jpg?t=-1431615893&w=500&quality=80 Joey Chestnut is the undisputed hot dog-eating champion of the world … a title that could be costing him hours of his life at a time, according to a recent food nutrition study. According to findings released this week in the Nature journal (via The New York Post), one beef hot dog on a bun costs whoever eats it 36 minutes off their life, “largely due to the detrimental effect of processed meat.” Chestnut has eaten no fewer than 52 hot dogs in any Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contests since 2006. His lowest recorded number of hot dogs eaten in the competition, 32, came in 2005. The information comes from researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Their study places foods in a “health nutritional index,” essentially ranking them by minutes gained or lost upon ingestion. The study ranked foods that ranged from 74 minutes lost, to 80 gained.MORE: Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest results: Who won the hot dog competition in 2021? “Previous studies investigating healthy or sustainable diets have often reduced their findings to a discussion of plant-based versus animal-based foods, with the latter stigmatized as the least nutritious and sustainable,” the…
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Twitter is worried for Joey Chestnut after study suggests eating hot dog takes 36 minutes off your life
